#8CB4CB#8CB4CB

#8CB4CB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.054 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4CB
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 203)
HSL	hsl(202, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(202, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 11.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -7.95, -15.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 17.85, 243.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0322 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.054 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9126, 42.5280, 62.6994)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4CB #CBA38C

analogous

#8CCBC3 #8CB4CB #8C94CB

triadic

#8CB4CB #CB8CB4 #B4CB8C

tetradic

#8CB4CB #C38CCB #CBA38C #94CB8C

square

#8CB4CB #C38CCB #CBA38C #94CB8C

split-complementary

#8CB4CB #CB8C94 #CBC38C

monochromatic

#457A98 #6299B8 #8CB4CB #B6CFDE #E0EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8CB4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#8CB4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4CB

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4CB	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.054 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcada',
    500: '#8cb4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4cb;
$custom-light: #afcada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.905,
    "s": 37.725,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74882,
    "c": 0.05434,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4CB

secondary

#E3D7CF

accent

#6235B1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FA

border

#CFD1D3

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4CB

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

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