#8CB2BD#8CB2BD

#8CB2BD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.044 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB2BD
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(193, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(193, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -10.23, -9.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 14.16, 223.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0349 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.044 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9182, 41.0889, 54.1727)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB2BD #BD978C

analogous

#8CBDB0 #8CB2BD #8C9ABD

triadic

#8CB2BD #BD8CB2 #B2BD8C

tetradic

#8CB2BD #B08CBD #BD978C #9ABD8C

square

#8CB2BD #B08CBD #BD978C #9ABD8C

split-complementary

#8CB2BD #BD8C9A #BDB08C

monochromatic

#4B7783 #6598A7 #8CB2BD #B3CCD3 #DAE6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8CB2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#8CB2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB2BD

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB2BD	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DB6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.044 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec9d0',
    500: '#8cb2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb2bd;
$custom-light: #aec9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.469,
    "s": 27.072,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73948,
    "c": 0.04394,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB2BD

secondary

#DBCECA

accent

#5740A6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB2BD

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

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