#8CB0BD#8CB0BD

#8CB0BD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.043 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB0BD
RGB	rgb(140, 176, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 6.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -9.16, -10.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 14.03, 229.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0322 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.043 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5231, 40.2988, 54.0410)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB0BD #BD998C

analogous

#8CBDB2 #8CB0BD #8C98BD

triadic

#8CB0BD #BD8CB0 #B0BD8C

tetradic

#8CB0BD #B28CBD #BD998C #98BD8C

square

#8CB0BD #B28CBD #BD998C #98BD8C

split-complementary

#8CB0BD #BD8C98 #BDB28C

monochromatic

#4B7483 #6595A7 #8CB0BD #B3CBD3 #DAE5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#8CB0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#8CB0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB0BD

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB0BD	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DB4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 176, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.043 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec7d0',
    500: '#8cb0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb0bd;
$custom-light: #aec7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 27.072,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73507,
    "c": 0.04332,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB0BD

secondary

#DBCECA

accent

#5B40A6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB0BD

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

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