#8CB1CB#8CB1CB

#8CB1CB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.055 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB1CB
RGB	rgb(140, 177, 203)
HSL	hsl(205, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 12.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -6.33, -17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 18.36, 249.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0283 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.055 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3135, 41.3298, 62.4997)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB1CB #CBA68C

analogous

#8CCBC6 #8CB1CB #8C91CB

triadic

#8CB1CB #CB8CB1 #B1CB8C

tetradic

#8CB1CB #C68CCB #CBA68C #91CB8C

square

#8CB1CB #C68CCB #CBA68C #91CB8C

split-complementary

#8CB1CB #CB8C91 #CBC68C

monochromatic

#457698 #6294B8 #8CB1CB #B6CEDE #E0EAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#8CB1CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#8CB1CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB1CB

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB1CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB1CB	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb1cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 177, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.055 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc8da',
    500: '#8cb1cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb1cb;
$custom-light: #afc8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb1cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.762,
    "s": 37.725,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74228,
    "c": 0.05504,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB1CB

secondary

#E3D8CF

accent

#6835B1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FA

border

#CFD1D3

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB1CB

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

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