#8CB2C8#8CB2C8

#8CB2C8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.052 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB2C8
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(202, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(202, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -7.60, -15.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 17.11, 243.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0307 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.052 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1577, 41.5847, 60.7012)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB2C8 #C8A28C

analogous

#8CC8C0 #8CB2C8 #8C94C8

triadic

#8CB2C8 #C88CB2 #B2C88C

tetradic

#8CB2C8 #C08CC8 #C8A28C #94C88C

square

#8CB2C8 #C08CC8 #C8A28C #94C88C

split-complementary

#8CB2C8 #C88C94 #C8C08C

monochromatic

#467793 #6396B4 #8CB2C8 #B5CEDC #DFE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#8CB2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#8CB2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB2C8

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB2C8	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.052 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc9d8',
    500: '#8cb2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb2c8;
$custom-light: #afc9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74336,
    "c": 0.05195,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB2C8

secondary

#E2D5CE

accent

#6337AE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FA

border

#CFD1D3

text

#101314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB2C8

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

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