#8CB2BA#8CB2BA

#8CB2BA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.043 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB2BA
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 186)
HSL	hsl(190, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(190, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 4.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -10.92, -8.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 13.70, 217.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0361 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.043 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5959, 40.9600, 52.4754)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB2BA #BA948C

analogous

#8CBAAB #8CB2BA #8C9BBA

triadic

#8CB2BA #BA8CB2 #B2BA8C

tetradic

#8CB2BA #AB8CBA #BA948C #9BBA8C

square

#8CB2BA #AB8CBA #BA948C #9BBA8C

split-complementary

#8CB2BA #BA8C9B #BAAB8C

monochromatic

#4C767F #6698A3 #8CB2BA #B2CCD1 #D9E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8CB2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#8CB2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB2BA

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB2BA	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EB6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.043 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec9ce',
    500: '#8cb2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb2ba;
$custom-light: #aec9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73846,
    "c": 0.04257,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB2BA

secondary

#D9CCC9

accent

#5342A4

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB2BA

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

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