#8CB0CB#8CB0CB

#8CB0CB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.055 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB0CB
RGB	rgb(140, 176, 203)
HSL	hsl(206, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(206, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 13.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -5.79, -17.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 18.58, 251.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0269 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.055 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1168, 40.9363, 62.4341)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB0CB #CBA78C

analogous

#8CCBC7 #8CB0CB #8C91CB

triadic

#8CB0CB #CB8CB0 #B0CB8C

tetradic

#8CB0CB #C78CCB #CBA78C #91CB8C

square

#8CB0CB #C78CCB #CBA78C #91CB8C

split-complementary

#8CB0CB #CB8C91 #CBC78C

monochromatic

#457498 #6293B8 #8CB0CB #B6CDDE #E0EAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#8CB0CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#8CB0CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB0CB

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB0CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB0CB	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb0cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 176, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.055 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc7da',
    500: '#8cb0cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb0cb;
$custom-light: #afc7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb0cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 37.725,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74011,
    "c": 0.05538,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB0CB

secondary

#E3D8CF

accent

#6A35B1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FA

border

#CFD1D3

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB0CB

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

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