#8CB2BC#8CB2BC

#8CB2BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.043 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB2BC
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -10.46, -9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 13.99, 221.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0353 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.043 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8100, 41.0456, 53.6030)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB2BC #BC968C

analogous

#8CBCAE #8CB2BC #8C9ABC

triadic

#8CB2BC #BC8CB2 #B2BC8C

tetradic

#8CB2BC #AE8CBC #BC968C #9ABC8C

square

#8CB2BC #AE8CBC #BC968C #9ABC8C

split-complementary

#8CB2BC #BC8C9A #BCAE8C

monochromatic

#4C7782 #6598A5 #8CB2BC #B3CCD3 #D9E6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8CB2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#8CB2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB2BC

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB2BC	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DB6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.043 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec9d0',
    500: '#8cb2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb2bc;
$custom-light: #aec9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73914,
    "c": 0.04343,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB2BC

secondary

#DACDCA

accent

#5541A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB2BC

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

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