#8CB3CD#8CB3CD

#8CB3CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.056 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB3CD
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(204, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(204, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -6.92, -17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 18.73, 248.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0301 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.056 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9513, 42.2217, 63.8957)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB3CD #CDA68C

analogous

#8CCDC6 #8CB3CD #8C92CD

triadic

#8CB3CD #CD8CB3 #B3CD8C

tetradic

#8CB3CD #C68CCD #CDA68C #92CD8C

square

#8CB3CD #C68CCD #CDA68C #92CD8C

split-complementary

#8CB3CD #CD8C92 #CDC68C

monochromatic

#43789B #6197BA #8CB3CD #B7CFE0 #E1EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8CB3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#8CB3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB3CD

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB3CD	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.056 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc9dc',
    500: '#8cb3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb3cd;
$custom-light: #afc9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74738,
    "c": 0.05643,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB3CD

secondary

#E4D8D0

accent

#6633B2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB3CD

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

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