#8CB2CB#8CB2CB

#8CB2CB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.055 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB2CB
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 203)
HSL	hsl(204, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(204, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 12.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -6.87, -16.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 18.17, 247.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0296 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.055 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5118, 41.7263, 62.5658)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB2CB #CBA58C

analogous

#8CCBC5 #8CB2CB #8C92CB

triadic

#8CB2CB #CB8CB2 #B2CB8C

tetradic

#8CB2CB #C58CCB #CBA58C #92CB8C

square

#8CB2CB #C58CCB #CBA58C #92CB8C

split-complementary

#8CB2CB #CB8C92 #CBC58C

monochromatic

#457798 #6296B8 #8CB2CB #B6CEDE #E0EAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#8CB2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#8CB2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB2CB

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB2CB	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.055 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc9da',
    500: '#8cb2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb2cb;
$custom-light: #afc9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.81,
    "s": 37.725,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74446,
    "c": 0.05476,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB2CB

secondary

#E3D7CF

accent

#6635B1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FA

border

#CFD1D3

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB2CB

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

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