#8CB5BD#8CB5BD

#8CB5BD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.045 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB5BD
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(190, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(190, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -11.82, -8.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 14.58, 215.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0389 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.045 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5216, 42.2958, 54.3738)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB5BD #BD948C

analogous

#8CBDAD #8CB5BD #8C9DBD

triadic

#8CB5BD #BD8CB5 #B5BD8C

tetradic

#8CB5BD #AD8CBD #BD948C #9DBD8C

square

#8CB5BD #AD8CBD #BD948C #9DBD8C

split-complementary

#8CB5BD #BD8C9D #BDAD8C

monochromatic

#4B7A83 #659CA7 #8CB5BD #B3CED3 #DAE7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8CB5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#8CB5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB5BD

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB5BD	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CB9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.045 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aecbd0',
    500: '#8cb5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb5bd;
$custom-light: #aecbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.796,
    "s": 27.072,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74611,
    "c": 0.04536,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB5BD

secondary

#DBCDCA

accent

#5040A6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB5BD

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

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