#8CB4CF#8CB4CF

#8CB4CF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.058 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4CF
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 207)
HSL	hsl(204, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(204, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 13%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -6.96, -17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 19.28, 248.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0307 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.058 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3954, 42.7211, 65.2423)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4CF #CFA78C

analogous

#8CCFC8 #8CB4CF #8C92CF

triadic

#8CB4CF #CF8CB4 #B4CF8C

tetradic

#8CB4CF #C88CCF #CFA78C #92CF8C

square

#8CB4CF #C88CCF #CFA78C #92CF8C

split-complementary

#8CB4CF #CF8C92 #CFC88C

monochromatic

#42799E #6198BD #8CB4CF #B7D0E1 #E2ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#8CB4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#8CB4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4CF

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4CF	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FACCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.058 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcadd',
    500: '#8cb4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4cf;
$custom-light: #afcadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.179,
    "s": 41.104,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7503,
    "c": 0.0581,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4CF

secondary

#E6D9D1

accent

#6631B4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4CF

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

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