#8CB3BE#8CB3BE

#8CB3BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.045 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB3BE
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(193, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -10.53, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 14.44, 223.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0359 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.045 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2268, 41.5318, 54.8129)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB3BE #BE978C

analogous

#8CBEB0 #8CB3BE #8C9ABE

triadic

#8CB3BE #BE8CB3 #B3BE8C

tetradic

#8CB3BE #B08CBE #BE978C #9ABE8C

square

#8CB3BE #B08CBE #BE978C #9ABE8C

split-complementary

#8CB3BE #BE8C9A #BEB08C

monochromatic

#4B7885 #6599A8 #8CB3BE #B3CDD4 #DAE7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#8CB3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#8CB3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB3BE

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB3BE	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CB7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.045 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec9d1',
    500: '#8cb3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb3be;
$custom-light: #aec9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.2,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74203,
    "c": 0.04484,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB3BE

secondary

#DBCECA

accent

#563FA6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB3BE

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

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