#8CB0BB#8CB0BB

#8CB0BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.042 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB0BB
RGB	rgb(140, 176, 187)
HSL	hsl(194, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 5.9%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -9.63, -9.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 13.60, 224.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.033 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.042 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3075, 40.2126, 52.9055)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB0BB #BB978C

analogous

#8CBBAF #8CB0BB #8C99BB

triadic

#8CB0BB #BB8CB0 #B0BB8C

tetradic

#8CB0BB #AF8CBB #BB978C #99BB8C

square

#8CB0BB #AF8CBB #BB978C #99BB8C

split-complementary

#8CB0BB #BB8C99 #BBAF8C

monochromatic

#4C7481 #6696A4 #8CB0BB #B2CAD2 #D9E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#8CB0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#8CB0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB0BB

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB0BB	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EB4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 176, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.042 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec7cf',
    500: '#8cb0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb0bb;
$custom-light: #aec7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.043,
    "s": 25.683,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73438,
    "c": 0.04213,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB0BB

secondary

#DACDC9

accent

#5841A4

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB0BB

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

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