#8CB2CC#8CB2CC

#8CB2CC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.056 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB2CC
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 204)
HSL	hsl(204, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(204, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 12.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -6.62, -17.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 18.54, 249.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0292 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.056 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6313, 41.7741, 63.1954)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB2CC #CCA68C

analogous

#8CCCC6 #8CB2CC #8C92CC

triadic

#8CB2CC #CC8CB2 #B2CC8C

tetradic

#8CB2CC #C68CCC #CCA68C #92CC8C

square

#8CB2CC #C68CCC #CCA68C #92CC8C

split-complementary

#8CB2CC #CC8C92 #CCC68C

monochromatic

#44779A #6296B9 #8CB2CC #B6CEDF #E1EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#8CB2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#8CB2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB2CC

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB2CC	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.056 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc9db',
    500: '#8cb2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb2cc;
$custom-light: #afc9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.375,
    "s": 38.554,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74483,
    "c": 0.05574,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB2CC

secondary

#E4D8D0

accent

#6734B2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB2CC

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

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