#8CA9BF#8CA9BF

#8CA9BF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.045 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA9BF
RGB	rgb(140, 169, 191)
HSL	hsl(206, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 11.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -4.90, -14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 15.34, 251.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.022 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.045 241)
XYZ	xyz(34.4044, 37.7117, 54.7465)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA9BF #BFA28C

analogous

#8CBFBC #8CA9BF #8C90BF

triadic

#8CA9BF #BF8CA9 #A9BF8C

tetradic

#8CA9BF #BC8CBF #BFA28C #90BF8C

square

#8CA9BF #BC8CBF #BFA28C #90BF8C

split-complementary

#8CA9BF #BF8C90 #BFBC8C

monochromatic

#4B6C86 #658CA9 #8CA9BF #B3C6D5 #DBE4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CA9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#8CA9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA9BF

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA9BF	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DAEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 169, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.045 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec2d2',
    500: '#8ca9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca9bf;
$custom-light: #aec2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.882,
    "s": 28.492,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72047,
    "c": 0.04538,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.37713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA9BF

secondary

#DCD2CB

accent

#6C3EA7

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA9BF

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

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