#8CB4BC#8CB4BC

#8CB4BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.044 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4BC
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(190, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(190, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -11.52, -8.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 14.29, 216.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.038 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.044 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2108, 41.8473, 53.7366)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4BC #BC948C

analogous

#8CBCAC #8CB4BC #8C9CBC

triadic

#8CB4BC #BC8CB4 #B4BC8C

tetradic

#8CB4BC #AC8CBC #BC948C #9CBC8C

square

#8CB4BC #AC8CBC #BC948C #9CBC8C

split-complementary

#8CB4BC #BC8C9C #BCAC8C

monochromatic

#4C7982 #659BA5 #8CB4BC #B3CDD3 #D9E6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#8CB4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#8CB4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4BC

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4BC	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DB8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.044 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecad0',
    500: '#8cb4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4bc;
$custom-light: #aecad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74356,
    "c": 0.04443,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4BC

secondary

#DACCCA

accent

#5141A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4BC

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

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