#8CB1BF#8CB1BF

#8CB1BF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.045 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB1BF
RGB	rgb(140, 177, 191)
HSL	hsl(196, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -9.22, -11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 14.52, 230.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0328 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.045 223)
XYZ	xyz(35.9385, 40.7798, 55.2578)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB1BF #BF9A8C

analogous

#8CBFB4 #8CB1BF #8C97BF

triadic

#8CB1BF #BF8CB1 #B1BF8C

tetradic

#8CB1BF #B48CBF #BF9A8C #97BF8C

square

#8CB1BF #B48CBF #BF9A8C #97BF8C

split-complementary

#8CB1BF #BF8C97 #BFB48C

monochromatic

#4B7686 #6596A9 #8CB1BF #B3CCD5 #DBE6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#8CB1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#8CB1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB1BF

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB1BF	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CB6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 177, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.045 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec8d2',
    500: '#8cb1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb1bf;
$custom-light: #aec8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 28.492,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73796,
    "c": 0.04484,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.40781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB1BF

secondary

#DCCFCB

accent

#5B3EA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB1BF

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

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