#8CB0BC#8CB0BC

#8CB0BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.043 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB0BC
RGB	rgb(140, 176, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -9.39, -10.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 13.80, 227.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0326 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.043 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4150, 40.2555, 53.4713)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB0BC #BC988C

analogous

#8CBCB0 #8CB0BC #8C98BC

triadic

#8CB0BC #BC8CB0 #B0BC8C

tetradic

#8CB0BC #B08CBC #BC988C #98BC8C

square

#8CB0BC #B08CBC #BC988C #98BC8C

split-complementary

#8CB0BC #BC8C98 #BCB08C

monochromatic

#4C7482 #6595A5 #8CB0BC #B3CBD3 #D9E5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#8CB0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#8CB0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB0BC

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB0BC	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DB4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 176, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.043 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec7d0',
    500: '#8cb0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb0bc;
$custom-light: #aec7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73473,
    "c": 0.04271,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB0BC

secondary

#DACECA

accent

#5A41A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB0BC

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

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