#8CB2BE#8CB2BE

#8CB2BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.044 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB2BE
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 190)
HSL	hsl(194, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(194, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -9.99, -10.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 14.35, 225.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0345 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.045 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0271, 41.1324, 54.7463)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB2BE #BE988C

analogous

#8CBEB1 #8CB2BE #8C99BE

triadic

#8CB2BE #BE8CB2 #B2BE8C

tetradic

#8CB2BE #B18CBE #BE988C #99BE8C

square

#8CB2BE #B18CBE #BE988C #99BE8C

split-complementary

#8CB2BE #BE8C99 #BEB18C

monochromatic

#4B7785 #6598A8 #8CB2BE #B3CCD4 #DAE6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8CB2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#8CB2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB2BE

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB2BE	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CB6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.044 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec9d1',
    500: '#8cb2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb2be;
$custom-light: #aec9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73982,
    "c": 0.0445,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB2BE

secondary

#DBCECA

accent

#583FA6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB2BE

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

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