#8CA8BE#8CA8BE

#8CA8BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.045 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA8BE
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(206, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -4.59, -14.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 15.16, 252.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.021 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.045 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1094, 37.2972, 54.1071)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA8BE #BEA28C

analogous

#8CBEBB #8CA8BE #8C8FBE

triadic

#8CA8BE #BE8CA8 #A8BE8C

tetradic

#8CA8BE #BB8CBE #BEA28C #8FBE8C

square

#8CA8BE #BB8CBE #BEA28C #8FBE8C

split-complementary

#8CA8BE #BE8C8F #BEBB8C

monochromatic

#4B6B85 #658AA8 #8CA8BE #B3C6D4 #DAE3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#8CA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#8CA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA8BE

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA8BE	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.045 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec1d1',
    500: '#8ca8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca8be;
$custom-light: #aec1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.4,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71793,
    "c": 0.04469,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA8BE

secondary

#DBD2CA

accent

#6D3FA6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA8BE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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