#8CB0CD#8CB0CD

#8CB0CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.058 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB0CD
RGB	rgb(140, 176, 205)
HSL	hsl(207, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(207, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -5.29, -18.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 19.39, 254.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0262 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.058 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3566, 41.0322, 63.6974)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB0CD #CDA98C

analogous

#8CCDC9 #8CB0CD #8C90CD

triadic

#8CB0CD #CD8CB0 #B0CD8C

tetradic

#8CB0CD #C98CCD #CDA98C #90CD8C

square

#8CB0CD #C98CCD #CDA98C #90CD8C

split-complementary

#8CB0CD #CD8C90 #CDC98C

monochromatic

#43749B #6193BA #8CB0CD #B7CDE0 #E1EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8CB0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#8CB0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB0CD

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB0CD	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 176, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.058 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc7dc',
    500: '#8cb0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb0cd;
$custom-light: #afc7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.769,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74086,
    "c": 0.0575,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB0CD

secondary

#E4D9D0

accent

#6C33B2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB0CD

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

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