#8CB3CA#8CB3CA

#8CB3CA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.054 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB3CA
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 202)
HSL	hsl(202, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(202, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -7.65, -15.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 17.65, 244.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0313 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.054 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5927, 42.0782, 62.0068)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB3CA #CAA38C

analogous

#8CCAC2 #8CB3CA #8C94CA

triadic

#8CB3CA #CA8CB3 #B3CA8C

tetradic

#8CB3CA #C28CCA #CAA38C #94CA8C

square

#8CB3CA #C28CCA #CAA38C #94CA8C

split-complementary

#8CB3CA #CA8C94 #CAC28C

monochromatic

#457896 #6297B7 #8CB3CA #B6CFDD #E0EAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#8CB3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#8CB3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB3CA

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB3CA	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.054 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc9da',
    500: '#8cb3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb3ca;
$custom-light: #afc9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.258,
    "s": 36.905,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74627,
    "c": 0.05361,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB3CA

secondary

#E3D6CF

accent

#6336B0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FA

border

#CFD1D3

text

#101314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB3CA

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

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