#8CA9CD#8CA9CD

#8CA9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.062 H 254.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA9CD
RGB	rgb(140, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(213, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(213, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -1.46, -21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 21.61, 266.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0169 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.062 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0193, 38.3577, 63.2517)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA9CD #CDB08C

analogous

#8CC9CD #8CA9CD #908CCD

triadic

#8CA9CD #CD8CA9 #A9CD8C

tetradic

#8CA9CD #CD8CC9 #CDB08C #8CCD90

square

#8CA9CD #CD8CC9 #CDB08C #8CCD90

split-complementary

#8CA9CD #CD908C #C9CD8C

monochromatic

#436B9B #6189BA #8CA9CD #B7C9E0 #E1E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8CA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#8CA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA9CD

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA9CD	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79B1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.062 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc2dc',
    500: '#8ca9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca9cd;
$custom-light: #afc2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.231,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72579,
    "c": 0.06168,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA9CD

secondary

#E4DBD0

accent

#7A33B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F7FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA9CD

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

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