#8CB2BB#8CB2BB

#8CB2BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.043 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB2BB
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 187)
HSL	hsl(191, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -10.69, -8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 13.84, 219.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0357 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.043 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7026, 41.0026, 53.0372)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB2BB #BB958C

analogous

#8CBBAD #8CB2BB #8C9BBB

triadic

#8CB2BB #BB8CB2 #B2BB8C

tetradic

#8CB2BB #AD8CBB #BB958C #9BBB8C

square

#8CB2BB #AD8CBB #BB958C #9BBB8C

split-complementary

#8CB2BB #BB8C9B #BBAD8C

monochromatic

#4C7781 #6698A4 #8CB2BB #B2CCD2 #D9E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8CB2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#8CB2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB2BB

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB2BB	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DB6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.043 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec9cf',
    500: '#8cb2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb2bb;
$custom-light: #aec9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.489,
    "s": 25.683,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7388,
    "c": 0.04298,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB2BB

secondary

#DACCC9

accent

#5441A4

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB2BB

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

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