#8CB2BF#8CB2BF

#8CB2BF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.045 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB2BF
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 191)
HSL	hsl(195, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -9.76, -10.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 14.56, 227.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0341 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.045 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1367, 41.1763, 55.3239)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB2BF #BF998C

analogous

#8CBFB3 #8CB2BF #8C99BF

triadic

#8CB2BF #BF8CB2 #B2BF8C

tetradic

#8CB2BF #B38CBF #BF998C #99BF8C

square

#8CB2BF #B38CBF #BF998C #99BF8C

split-complementary

#8CB2BF #BF8C99 #BFB38C

monochromatic

#4B7786 #6598A9 #8CB2BF #B3CCD5 #DBE7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#8CB2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#8CB2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB2BF

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB2BF	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CB7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.045 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec9d2',
    500: '#8cb2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb2bf;
$custom-light: #aec9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 28.492,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74016,
    "c": 0.04508,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB2BF

secondary

#DCCFCB

accent

#593EA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB2BF

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

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