#8CA8CA#8CA8CA

#8CA8CA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.059 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA8CA
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(213, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(213, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -1.66, -20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 20.55, 265.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0167 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.059 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4754, 37.8435, 61.3010)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA8CA #CAAE8C

analogous

#8CC7CA #8CA8CA #8F8CCA

triadic

#8CA8CA #CA8CA8 #A8CA8C

tetradic

#8CA8CA #CA8CC7 #CAAE8C #8CCA8F

square

#8CA8CA #CA8CC7 #CAAE8C #8CCA8F

split-complementary

#8CA8CA #CA8F8C #C7CA8C

monochromatic

#456A96 #6288B7 #8CA8CA #B6C8DD #E0E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8CA8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#8CA8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA8CA

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA8CA	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AAFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.059 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc1da',
    500: '#8ca8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca8ca;
$custom-light: #afc1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.903,
    "s": 36.905,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72247,
    "c": 0.05867,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA8CA

secondary

#E3DACF

accent

#7936B0

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA8CA

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

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