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#8ca5cf color: Anode

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218°
100%

OKLCH

71.8%
0.068
261°
  • ≈ Dark gray
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 19%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.50:1 · Below AALc -54
Black text8.40:1 · AALc 55

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About #8ca5cf

#8ca5cf is a dusty light blue color. In OKLCH it has 71.8% lightness, 0.068 chroma and a hue of 261°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.5:1 contrast and black text 8.4:1, 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: #8ca5cf mixed with white

  1. 8ca5cf
  2. 97aed4
  3. a2b7d9
  4. adc0de
  5. b9c9e3
  6. c4d1e8
  7. d0dbec
  8. dbe4f1
  9. e7edf6
  10. f3f6fa

Darker: #8ca5cf mixed with black

  1. 8ca5cf
  2. 798fb4
  3. 677999
  4. 55657f
  5. 435167
  6. 333d4f
  7. 232b38
  8. 141a23
  9. 070a10
  10. 010102

Calmer: #8ca5cf with less saturation

  1. 8ca5cf
  2. 8ea5cb
  3. 91a5c7
  4. 93a5c2
  5. 96a5be
  6. 98a5ba
  7. 9aa5b5
  8. 9da4b1
  9. 9fa4ad
  10. a1a4a8