#8CA8BF#8CA8BF

#8CA8BF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.046 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA8BF
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(207, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(207, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -4.36, -14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 15.58, 253.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0206 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.046 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2191, 37.3410, 54.6847)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA8BF #BFA38C

analogous

#8CBFBD #8CA8BF #8C8EBF

triadic

#8CA8BF #BF8CA8 #A8BF8C

tetradic

#8CA8BF #BD8CBF #BFA38C #8EBF8C

square

#8CA8BF #BD8CBF #BFA38C #8EBF8C

split-complementary

#8CA8BF #BF8C8E #BFBD8C

monochromatic

#4B6B86 #658AA9 #8CA8BF #B3C6D5 #DBE3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#8CA8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#8CA8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA8BF

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA8BF	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DAEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.046 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec1d2',
    500: '#8ca8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca8bf;
$custom-light: #aec1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.059,
    "s": 28.492,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7183,
    "c": 0.04576,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA8BF

secondary

#DCD3CB

accent

#6E3EA7

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA8BF

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

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