#8CA8CC#8CA8CC

#8CA8CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.061 H 254.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA8CC
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 204)
HSL	hsl(214, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(214, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -1.16, -21.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 21.51, 266.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.016 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.061 254.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7137, 37.9389, 62.5562)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA8CC #CCB08C

analogous

#8CC8CC #8CA8CC #908CCC

triadic

#8CA8CC #CC8CA8 #A8CC8C

tetradic

#8CA8CC #CC8CC8 #CCB08C #8CCC90

square

#8CA8CC #CC8CC8 #CCB08C #8CCC90

split-complementary

#8CA8CC #CC908C #C8CC8C

monochromatic

#44699A #6288B9 #8CA8CC #B6C8DF #E1E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8CA8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#8CA8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA8CC

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA8CC	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79B0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.061 254.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc1db',
    500: '#8ca8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca8cc;
$custom-light: #afc1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.75,
    "s": 38.554,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72326,
    "c": 0.06119,
    "h": 254.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA8CC

secondary

#E4DBD0

accent

#7B34B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F7FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA8CC

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

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