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#8ca3cc color: Anode

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218°
100%

OKLCH

71.3%
0.066
262°
  • ≈ Dark gray
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.55:1 · Below AALc -55
Black text8.23:1 · AALc 54

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About #8ca3cc

#8ca3cc is a dusty light blue color. In OKLCH it has 71.3% lightness, 0.066 chroma and a hue of 262°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.55:1 contrast and black text 8.23:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Anode (#89a4cd). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

More light blue colors

Lighter: #8ca3cc mixed with white

  1. 8ca3cc
  2. 97acd1
  3. a2b5d6
  4. adbedc
  5. b9c7e1
  6. c4d0e6
  7. d0daeb
  8. dbe3f0
  9. e7ecf5
  10. f3f6fa

Darker: #8ca3cc mixed with black

  1. 8ca3cc
  2. 798db1
  3. 677897
  4. 55637e
  5. 434f65
  6. 333c4e
  7. 232a37
  8. 141922
  9. 070a0f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #8ca3cc with less saturation

  1. 8ca3cc
  2. 8ea3c8
  3. 91a3c4
  4. 93a3c0
  5. 95a3bc
  6. 97a3b7
  7. 99a3b3
  8. 9ca3af
  9. 9ea2ab
  10. a0a2a6