#8CA9BB#8CA9BB

#8CA9BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.041 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA9BB
RGB	rgb(140, 169, 187)
HSL	hsl(203, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -5.85, -12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 13.82, 244.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0235 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.041 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9702, 37.5380, 52.4598)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA9BB #BB9E8C

analogous

#8CBBB6 #8CA9BB #8C92BB

triadic

#8CA9BB #BB8CA9 #A9BB8C

tetradic

#8CA9BB #B68CBB #BB9E8C #92BB8C

square

#8CA9BB #B68CBB #BB9E8C #92BB8C

split-complementary

#8CA9BB #BB8C92 #BBB68C

monochromatic

#4C6C81 #668CA4 #8CA9BB #B2C6D2 #D9E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8CA9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#8CA9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA9BB

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA9BB	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EAEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 169, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.041 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec2cf',
    500: '#8ca9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca9bb;
$custom-light: #aec2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.979,
    "s": 25.683,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71903,
    "c": 0.04142,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA9BB

secondary

#DACFC9

accent

#6741A4

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA9BB

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

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