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#8ca5cc color: Anode

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217°
100%

OKLCH

71.7%
0.064
259°
  • ≈ Dark gray
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.51:1 · Below AALc -54
Black text8.37:1 · AALc 55

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About #8ca5cc

#8ca5cc is a dusty light blue color. In OKLCH it has 71.7% lightness, 0.064 chroma and a hue of 259°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.51:1 contrast and black text 8.37:1, 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: #8ca5cc mixed with white

  1. 8ca5cc
  2. 97aed1
  3. a2b7d6
  4. adc0dc
  5. b9c8e1
  6. c4d1e6
  7. d0daeb
  8. dbe4f0
  9. e7edf5
  10. f3f6fa

Darker: #8ca5cc mixed with black

  1. 8ca5cc
  2. 798fb1
  3. 677997
  4. 55657e
  5. 435165
  6. 333d4e
  7. 232b37
  8. 141a22
  9. 070a0f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #8ca5cc with less saturation

  1. 8ca5cc
  2. 8ea5c8
  3. 91a5c4
  4. 93a5c0
  5. 96a5bc
  6. 98a5b8
  7. 9aa4b4
  8. 9da4b0
  9. 9fa4ac
  10. a1a4a8