#8CA9BA#8CA9BA

#8CA9BA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.041 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA9BA
RGB	rgb(140, 169, 186)
HSL	hsl(202, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 9.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -6.09, -12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 13.46, 243.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0239 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.041 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8636, 37.4953, 51.8980)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA9BA #BA9D8C

analogous

#8CBAB4 #8CA9BA #8C92BA

triadic

#8CA9BA #BA8CA9 #A9BA8C

tetradic

#8CA9BA #B48CBA #BA9D8C #92BA8C

square

#8CA9BA #B48CBA #BA9D8C #92BA8C

split-complementary

#8CA9BA #BA8C92 #BAB48C

monochromatic

#4C6C7F #668CA3 #8CA9BA #B2C6D1 #D9E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8CA9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#8CA9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA9BA

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA9BA	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FAEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 169, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.041 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec2ce',
    500: '#8ca9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca9ba;
$custom-light: #aec2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.174,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71867,
    "c": 0.0405,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA9BA

secondary

#D9CFC9

accent

#6642A4

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA9BA

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

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