#8CB2CD#8CB2CD

#8CB2CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.057 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB2CD
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(205, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(205, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -6.38, -17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 18.93, 250.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0288 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.057 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7517, 41.8223, 63.8291)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB2CD #CDA78C

analogous

#8CCDC7 #8CB2CD #8C91CD

triadic

#8CB2CD #CD8CB2 #B2CD8C

tetradic

#8CB2CD #C78CCD #CDA78C #91CD8C

square

#8CB2CD #C78CCD #CDA78C #91CD8C

split-complementary

#8CB2CD #CD8C91 #CDC78C

monochromatic

#43779B #6195BA #8CB2CD #B7CFE0 #E1EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#8CB2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#8CB2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB2CD

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB2CD	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)

#A6B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.057 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc9dc',
    500: '#8cb2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb2cd;
$custom-light: #afc9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.923,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7452,
    "c": 0.05674,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB2CD

secondary

#E4D9D0

accent

#6833B2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB2CD

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

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