#8CA9BE#8CA9BE

#8CA9BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.044 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA9BE
RGB	rgb(140, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(205, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -5.14, -14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 14.95, 249.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0224 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.044 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2948, 37.6678, 54.1689)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA9BE #BEA18C

analogous

#8CBEBA #8CA9BE #8C90BE

triadic

#8CA9BE #BE8CA9 #A9BE8C

tetradic

#8CA9BE #BA8CBE #BEA18C #90BE8C

square

#8CA9BE #BA8CBE #BEA18C #90BE8C

split-complementary

#8CA9BE #BE8C90 #BEBA8C

monochromatic

#4B6C85 #658CA8 #8CA9BE #B3C6D4 #DAE3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CA9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#8CA9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA9BE

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA9BE	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)

#A0A8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DAEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.044 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec2d1',
    500: '#8ca9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca9be;
$custom-light: #aec2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.2,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72011,
    "c": 0.04435,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA9BE

secondary

#DBD2CA

accent

#6A3FA6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA9BE

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

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