#8CB1BE#8CB1BE

#8CB1BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.044 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB1BE
RGB	rgb(140, 177, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -9.46, -10.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 14.29, 228.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0332 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.044 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8288, 40.7360, 54.6802)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB1BE #BE998C

analogous

#8CBEB2 #8CB1BE #8C98BE

triadic

#8CB1BE #BE8CB1 #B1BE8C

tetradic

#8CB1BE #B28CBE #BE998C #98BE8C

square

#8CB1BE #B28CBE #BE998C #98BE8C

split-complementary

#8CB1BE #BE8C98 #BEB28C

monochromatic

#4B7685 #6596A8 #8CB1BE #B3CCD4 #DAE6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#8CB1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#8CB1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB1BE

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB1BE	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DB5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 177, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.044 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec8d1',
    500: '#8cb1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb1be;
$custom-light: #aec8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73762,
    "c": 0.0442,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB1BE

secondary

#DBCFCA

accent

#5A3FA6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB1BE

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

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