#8CB3BC#8CB3BC

#8CB3BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.044 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB3BC
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -10.99, -8.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 14.12, 218.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0367 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.044 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0097, 41.4450, 53.6695)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB3BC #BC958C

analogous

#8CBCAD #8CB3BC #8C9BBC

triadic

#8CB3BC #BC8CB3 #B3BC8C

tetradic

#8CB3BC #AD8CBC #BC958C #9BBC8C

square

#8CB3BC #AD8CBC #BC958C #9BBC8C

split-complementary

#8CB3BC #BC8C9B #BCAD8C

monochromatic

#4C7882 #6599A5 #8CB3BC #B3CDD3 #D9E6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#8CB3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#8CB3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB3BC

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB3BC	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DB7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.044 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec9d0',
    500: '#8cb3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb3bc;
$custom-light: #aec9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74135,
    "c": 0.0439,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB3BC

secondary

#DACDCA

accent

#5341A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB3BC

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

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