#8FA9C6#8FA9C6

#8FA9C6 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.051 H 251.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8FA9C6
RGB	rgb(143, 169, 198)
HSL	hsl(212, 33%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(212, 28%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 14.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -2.31, -17.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 17.90, 262.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0164 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.051 251.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7058, 38.2915, 58.9248)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8FA9C6 #C6AC8F

analogous

#8FC5C6 #8FA9C6 #918FC6

triadic

#8FA9C6 #C68FA9 #A9C68F

tetradic

#8FA9C6 #C68FC5 #C6AC8F #8FC691

square

#8FA9C6 #C68FC5 #C6AC8F #8FC691

split-complementary

#8FA9C6 #C6918F #C5C68F

monochromatic

#4A6B91 #668AB1 #8FA9C6 #B8C8DB #E0E7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#8FA9C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#8FA9C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8FA9C6

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8FA9C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8FA9C6	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAAC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A4C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FAFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8fa9c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 169, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.051 251.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c2d7',
    500: '#8fa9c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8fa9c6;
$custom-light: #b1c2d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8fa9c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.636,
    "s": 32.544,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72511,
    "c": 0.05129,
    "h": 251.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8FA9C6

secondary

#E1D9D0

accent

#763AAB

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F7FA

border

#CFD0D3

text

#111214

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8FA9C6

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

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