#8CB0BE#8CB0BE

#8CB0BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.044 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB0BE
RGB	rgb(140, 176, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -8.92, -11.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 14.26, 231.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0319 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.044 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6320, 40.3424, 54.6146)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB0BE #BE9A8C

analogous

#8CBEB3 #8CB0BE #8C97BE

triadic

#8CB0BE #BE8CB0 #B0BE8C

tetradic

#8CB0BE #B38CBE #BE9A8C #97BE8C

square

#8CB0BE #B38CBE #BE9A8C #97BE8C

split-complementary

#8CB0BE #BE8C97 #BEB38C

monochromatic

#4B7485 #6595A8 #8CB0BE #B3CBD4 #DAE6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#8CB0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#8CB0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB0BE

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB0BE	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DB5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 176, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.044 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec7d1',
    500: '#8cb0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb0be;
$custom-light: #aec7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73542,
    "c": 0.04397,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB0BE

secondary

#DBCFCA

accent

#5C3FA6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB0BE

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

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