#8CB4CE#8CB4CE

#8CB4CE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.057 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4CE
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(204, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(204, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -7.21, -17.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 18.91, 247.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0311 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.057 237)
XYZ	xyz(38.2736, 42.6724, 64.6005)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4CE #CEA68C

analogous

#8CCEC7 #8CB4CE #8C93CE

triadic

#8CB4CE #CE8CB4 #B4CE8C

tetradic

#8CB4CE #C78CCE #CEA68C #93CE8C

square

#8CB4CE #C78CCE #CEA68C #93CE8C

split-complementary

#8CB4CE #CE8C93 #CEC78C

monochromatic

#43799D #6198BC #8CB4CE #B7D0E0 #E2ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#8CB4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#8CB4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4CE

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4CE	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)

#A8B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.057 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcadd',
    500: '#8cb4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4ce;
$custom-light: #afcadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.636,
    "s": 40.244,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74992,
    "c": 0.05713,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.42674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4CE

secondary

#E5D9D1

accent

#6532B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4CE

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

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