#8CB4C7#8CB4C7

#8CB4C7 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.051 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4C7
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 199)
HSL	hsl(199, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 9.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -8.92, -13.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 16.59, 237.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0337 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.051 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4421, 42.3398, 60.2213)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4C7 #C79F8C

analogous

#8CC7BD #8CB4C7 #8C97C7

triadic

#8CB4C7 #C78CB4 #B4C78C

tetradic

#8CB4C7 #BD8CC7 #C79F8C #97C78C

square

#8CB4C7 #BD8CC7 #C79F8C #97C78C

split-complementary

#8CB4C7 #C78C97 #C7BD8C

monochromatic

#477A92 #6399B3 #8CB4C7 #B5CFDB #DEEAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8CB4C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#8CB4C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4C7

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4C7	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ABC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.051 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcad8',
    500: '#8cb4c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4c7;
$custom-light: #afcad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.322,
    "s": 34.503,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74737,
    "c": 0.05097,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4C7

secondary

#E1D4CE

accent

#5E38AD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FA

border

#CFD1D3

text

#101314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4C7

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

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