#8CB5CA#8CB5CA

#8CB5CA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.053 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB5CA
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(200, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(200, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -8.73, -15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 17.42, 239.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0339 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.053 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9964, 42.8857, 62.1414)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB5CA #CAA18C

analogous

#8CCAC0 #8CB5CA #8C96CA

triadic

#8CB5CA #CA8CB5 #B5CA8C

tetradic

#8CB5CA #C08CCA #CAA18C #96CA8C

square

#8CB5CA #C08CCA #CAA18C #96CA8C

split-complementary

#8CB5CA #CA8C96 #CAC08C

monochromatic

#457B96 #629AB7 #8CB5CA #B6D0DD #E0EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#8CB5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#8CB5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB5CA

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB5CA	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.053 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcbda',
    500: '#8cb5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb5ca;
$custom-light: #afcbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.323,
    "s": 36.905,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75064,
    "c": 0.05337,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB5CA

secondary

#E3D6CF

accent

#5F36B0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FA

border

#CFD1D3

text

#101314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB5CA

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

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