#8CB1BD#8CB1BD

#8CB1BD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.044 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB1BD
RGB	rgb(140, 177, 189)
HSL	hsl(195, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -9.69, -10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 14.08, 226.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0336 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.044 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7199, 40.6924, 54.1066)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB1BD #BD988C

analogous

#8CBDB1 #8CB1BD #8C99BD

triadic

#8CB1BD #BD8CB1 #B1BD8C

tetradic

#8CB1BD #B18CBD #BD988C #99BD8C

square

#8CB1BD #B18CBD #BD988C #99BD8C

split-complementary

#8CB1BD #BD8C99 #BDB18C

monochromatic

#4B7683 #6597A7 #8CB1BD #B3CBD3 #DAE6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#8CB1BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#8CB1BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB1BD

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB1BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB1BD	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DB5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb1bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 177, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.044 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec8d0',
    500: '#8cb1bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb1bd;
$custom-light: #aec8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb1bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.694,
    "s": 27.072,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73727,
    "c": 0.0436,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB1BD

secondary

#DBCECA

accent

#5940A6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB1BD

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

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