#8CB3BB#8CB3BB

#8CB3BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.043 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB3BB
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 187)
HSL	hsl(190, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(190, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -11.22, -8.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 14.00, 216.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0371 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.044 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9023, 41.4020, 53.1038)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB3BB #BB948C

analogous

#8CBBAC #8CB3BB #8C9CBB

triadic

#8CB3BB #BB8CB3 #B3BB8C

tetradic

#8CB3BB #AC8CBB #BB948C #9CBB8C

square

#8CB3BB #AC8CBB #BB948C #9CBB8C

split-complementary

#8CB3BB #BB8C9C #BBAC8C

monochromatic

#4C7881 #669AA4 #8CB3BB #B2CCD2 #D9E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#8CB3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#8CB3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB3BB

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB3BB	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DB7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.043 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec9cf',
    500: '#8cb3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb3bb;
$custom-light: #aec9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.213,
    "s": 25.683,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74101,
    "c": 0.0435,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB3BB

secondary

#DACCC9

accent

#5241A4

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB3BB

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

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