#8CB4BD#8CB4BD

#8CB4BD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.045 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4BD
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(191, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -11.29, -8.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 14.41, 218.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0376 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.045 213)
XYZ	xyz(36.3190, 41.8905, 54.3063)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4BD #BD958C

analogous

#8CBDAE #8CB4BD #8C9CBD

triadic

#8CB4BD #BD8CB4 #B4BD8C

tetradic

#8CB4BD #AE8CBD #BD958C #9CBD8C

square

#8CB4BD #AE8CBD #BD958C #9CBD8C

split-complementary

#8CB4BD #BD8C9C #BDAE8C

monochromatic

#4B7983 #659BA7 #8CB4BD #B3CDD3 #DAE7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#8CB4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#8CB4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4BD

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4BD	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CB8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.045 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecad0',
    500: '#8cb4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4bd;
$custom-light: #aecad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.02,
    "s": 27.072,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7439,
    "c": 0.04482,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.41892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4BD

secondary

#DBCDCA

accent

#5340A6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4BD

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

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