#8FA9CD#8FA9CD

#8FA9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.060 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8FA9CD
RGB	rgb(143, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(215, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(215, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -0.59, -21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 21.26, 268.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0139 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.06 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5319, 38.6219, 63.2757)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8FA9CD #CDB38F

analogous

#8FC8CD #8FA9CD #948FCD

triadic

#8FA9CD #CD8FA9 #A9CD8F

tetradic

#8FA9CD #CD8FC8 #CDB38F #8FCD94

square

#8FA9CD #CD8FC8 #CDB38F #8FCD94

split-complementary

#8FA9CD #CD948F #C8CD8F

monochromatic

#466A9C #6589BA #8FA9CD #B9C9E0 #E4EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8FA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#8FA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8FA9CD

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8FA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8FA9CD	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DB1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8fa9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.060 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c2dc',
    500: '#8fa9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8fa9cd;
$custom-light: #b1c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8fa9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.839,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72781,
    "c": 0.06003,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8FA9CD

secondary

#E5DDD2

accent

#7D34B1

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8FA9CD

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

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