#8CA9BD#8CA9BD

#8CA9BD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.043 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA9BD
RGB	rgb(140, 169, 189)
HSL	hsl(204, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -5.38, -13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 14.56, 248.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0228 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.043 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1858, 37.6242, 53.5952)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA9BD #BDA08C

analogous

#8CBDB9 #8CA9BD #8C91BD

triadic

#8CA9BD #BD8CA9 #A9BD8C

tetradic

#8CA9BD #B98CBD #BDA08C #91BD8C

square

#8CA9BD #B98CBD #BDA08C #91BD8C

split-complementary

#8CA9BD #BD8C91 #BDB98C

monochromatic

#4B6C83 #658CA7 #8CA9BD #B3C6D3 #DAE3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CA9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#8CA9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA9BD

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA9BD	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EAEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 169, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.043 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec2d0',
    500: '#8ca9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca9bd;
$custom-light: #aec2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.49,
    "s": 27.072,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71974,
    "c": 0.04335,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA9BD

secondary

#DBD1CA

accent

#6940A6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA9BD

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

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