#8CB1CD#8CB1CD

#8CB1CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.057 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB1CD
RGB	rgb(140, 177, 205)
HSL	hsl(206, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(206, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 13.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -5.84, -18.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 19.15, 252.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0275 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.057 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5534, 41.4258, 63.7630)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB1CD #CDA88C

analogous

#8CCDC8 #8CB1CD #8C90CD

triadic

#8CB1CD #CD8CB1 #B1CD8C

tetradic

#8CB1CD #C88CCD #CDA88C #90CD8C

square

#8CB1CD #C88CCD #CDA88C #90CD8C

split-complementary

#8CB1CD #CD8C90 #CDC88C

monochromatic

#43759B #6194BA #8CB1CD #B7CEE0 #E1EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#8CB1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#8CB1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB1CD

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB1CD	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 177, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.057 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc8dc',
    500: '#8cb1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb1cd;
$custom-light: #afc8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.846,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74303,
    "c": 0.05709,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB1CD

secondary

#E4D9D0

accent

#6A33B2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB1CD

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

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