#8CB4CD#8CB4CD

#8CB4CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.056 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4CD
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(203, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -7.45, -16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 18.55, 246.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0315 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.056 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1525, 42.6239, 63.9627)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4CD #CDA58C

analogous

#8CCDC6 #8CB4CD #8C93CD

triadic

#8CB4CD #CD8CB4 #B4CD8C

tetradic

#8CB4CD #C68CCD #CDA58C #93CD8C

square

#8CB4CD #C68CCD #CDA58C #93CD8C

split-complementary

#8CB4CD #CD8C93 #CDC68C

monochromatic

#43799B #6198BA #8CB4CD #B7D0E0 #E1ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#8CB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#8CB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4CD

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4CD	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.056 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcadc',
    500: '#8cb4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4cd;
$custom-light: #afcadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74955,
    "c": 0.05618,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4CD

secondary

#E4D8D0

accent

#6433B2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4CD

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

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