#8CB3BF#8CB3BF

#8CB3BF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.045 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB3BF
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 191)
HSL	hsl(194, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(194, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -10.29, -10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 14.62, 225.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0355 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.045 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3364, 41.5757, 55.3905)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB3BF #BF988C

analogous

#8CBFB2 #8CB3BF #8C99BF

triadic

#8CB3BF #BF8CB3 #B3BF8C

tetradic

#8CB3BF #B28CBF #BF988C #99BF8C

square

#8CB3BF #B28CBF #BF988C #99BF8C

split-complementary

#8CB3BF #BF8C99 #BFB28C

monochromatic

#4B7886 #6599A9 #8CB3BF #B3CDD5 #DBE7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#8CB3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#8CB3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB3BF

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB3BF	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CB7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.045 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc9d2',
    500: '#8cb3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb3bf;
$custom-light: #afc9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 28.492,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74237,
    "c": 0.04538,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB3BF

secondary

#DCCFCB

accent

#573EA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB3BF

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

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