#8CB2CF#8CB2CF

#8CB2CF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.059 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB2CF
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 207)
HSL	hsl(206, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(206, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 14%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -5.88, -18.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 19.71, 252.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0281 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.059 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9946, 41.9195, 65.1087)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB2CF #CFA98C

analogous

#8CCFCA #8CB2CF #8C90CF

triadic

#8CB2CF #CF8CB2 #B2CF8C

tetradic

#8CB2CF #CA8CCF #CFA98C #90CF8C

square

#8CB2CF #CA8CCF #CFA98C #90CF8C

split-complementary

#8CB2CF #CF8C90 #CFCA8C

monochromatic

#42779E #6195BD #8CB2CF #B7CFE1 #E2ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#8CB2CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#8CB2CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB2CF

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB2CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB2CF	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb2cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.059 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc9dd',
    500: '#8cb2cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb2cf;
$custom-light: #afc9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb2cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.97,
    "s": 41.104,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74595,
    "c": 0.0588,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB2CF

secondary

#E6DAD1

accent

#6A31B4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB2CF

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

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