#8CB2CA#8CB2CA

#8CB2CA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.054 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB2CA
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 202)
HSL	hsl(203, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(203, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 11.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -7.12, -16.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 17.81, 246.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0299 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.054 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3930, 41.6788, 61.9402)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB2CA #CAA48C

analogous

#8CCAC3 #8CB2CA #8C93CA

triadic

#8CB2CA #CA8CB2 #B2CA8C

tetradic

#8CB2CA #C38CCA #CAA48C #93CA8C

square

#8CB2CA #C38CCA #CAA48C #93CA8C

split-complementary

#8CB2CA #CA8C93 #CAC38C

monochromatic

#457796 #6296B7 #8CB2CA #B6CEDD #E0EAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#8CB2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#8CB2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB2CA

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB2CA	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.054 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc9da',
    500: '#8cb2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb2ca;
$custom-light: #afc9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.226,
    "s": 36.905,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74409,
    "c": 0.0538,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB2CA

secondary

#E3D7CF

accent

#6536B0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FA

border

#CFD1D3

text

#101314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB2CA

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

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