#8CB4BF#8CB4BF

#8CB4BF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.046 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4BF
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 191)
HSL	hsl(193, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(193, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -10.82, -9.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 14.72, 222.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0368 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.046 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5376, 41.9780, 55.4575)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4BF #BF978C

analogous

#8CBFB1 #8CB4BF #8C9BBF

triadic

#8CB4BF #BF8CB4 #B4BF8C

tetradic

#8CB4BF #B18CBF #BF978C #9BBF8C

square

#8CB4BF #B18CBF #BF978C #9BBF8C

split-complementary

#8CB4BF #BF8C9B #BFB18C

monochromatic

#4B7986 #659AA9 #8CB4BF #B3CED5 #DBE7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#8CB4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#8CB4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4BF

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4BF	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CB8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.046 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcad2',
    500: '#8cb4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4bf;
$custom-light: #afcad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.941,
    "s": 28.492,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74457,
    "c": 0.04575,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4BF

secondary

#DCCECB

accent

#553EA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4BF

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

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