#8CB2CE#8CB2CE

#8CB2CE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.058 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB2CE
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 206)
HSL	hsl(205, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(205, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 13.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -6.13, -18.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 19.32, 251.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0285 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.058 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8727, 41.8707, 64.4669)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB2CE #CEA88C

analogous

#8CCEC9 #8CB2CE #8C91CE

triadic

#8CB2CE #CE8CB2 #B2CE8C

tetradic

#8CB2CE #C98CCE #CEA88C #91CE8C

square

#8CB2CE #C98CCE #CEA88C #91CE8C

split-complementary

#8CB2CE #CE8C91 #CEC98C

monochromatic

#43779D #6195BC #8CB2CE #B7CFE0 #E2EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#8CB2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#8CB2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB2CE

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB2CE	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.058 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc9dd',
    500: '#8cb2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb2ce;
$custom-light: #afc9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.455,
    "s": 40.244,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74558,
    "c": 0.05776,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB2CE

secondary

#E5D9D1

accent

#6932B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB2CE

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

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