#8CA8CB#8CA8CB

#8CA8CB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.060 H 254.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA8CB
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(213, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(213, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -1.41, -20.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 21.03, 266.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0163 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.06 254.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5942, 37.8911, 61.9266)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA8CB #CBAF8C

analogous

#8CC8CB #8CA8CB #8F8CCB

triadic

#8CA8CB #CB8CA8 #A8CB8C

tetradic

#8CA8CB #CB8CC8 #CBAF8C #8CCB8F

square

#8CA8CB #CB8CC8 #CBAF8C #8CCB8F

split-complementary

#8CA8CB #CB8F8C #C8CB8C

monochromatic

#456A98 #6288B8 #8CA8CB #B6C8DE #E0E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8CA8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#8CA8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA8CB

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA8CB	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.060 254.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc1db',
    500: '#8ca8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca8cb;
$custom-light: #afc1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 37.725,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72286,
    "c": 0.05993,
    "h": 254.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA8CB

secondary

#E3DBCF

accent

#7A35B1

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F7FA

border

#CFD0D3

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA8CB

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

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