#8CA9BC#8CA9BC

#8CA9BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.042 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA9BC
RGB	rgb(140, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(204, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(204, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -5.62, -13.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 14.18, 246.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0231 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.042 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0777, 37.5810, 53.0255)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA9BC #BC9F8C

analogous

#8CBCB7 #8CA9BC #8C91BC

triadic

#8CA9BC #BC8CA9 #A9BC8C

tetradic

#8CA9BC #B78CBC #BC9F8C #91BC8C

square

#8CA9BC #B78CBC #BC9F8C #91BC8C

split-complementary

#8CA9BC #BC8C91 #BCB78C

monochromatic

#4C6C82 #658CA5 #8CA9BC #B3C6D3 #D9E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8CA9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#8CA9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA9BC

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA9BC	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EAEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.042 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec2d0',
    500: '#8ca9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca9bc;
$custom-light: #aec2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.75,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71939,
    "c": 0.04237,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA9BC

secondary

#DAD0CA

accent

#6841A5

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA9BC

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

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