#8CB5BF#8CB5BF

#8CB5BF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.046 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB5BF
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(192, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(192, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -11.35, -9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 14.84, 220.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0381 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.046 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7402, 42.3832, 55.5250)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB5BF #BF968C

analogous

#8CBFB0 #8CB5BF #8C9BBF

triadic

#8CB5BF #BF8CB5 #B5BF8C

tetradic

#8CB5BF #B08CBF #BF968C #9BBF8C

square

#8CB5BF #B08CBF #BF968C #9BBF8C

split-complementary

#8CB5BF #BF8C9B #BFB08C

monochromatic

#4B7A86 #659CA9 #8CB5BF #B3CED5 #DBE8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8CB5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#8CB5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB5BF

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB5BF	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CB9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.046 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcbd2',
    500: '#8cb5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb5bf;
$custom-light: #afcbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.765,
    "s": 28.492,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74678,
    "c": 0.04618,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB5BF

secondary

#DCCECB

accent

#533EA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB5BF

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

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