#8CB5CC#8CB5CC

#8CB5CC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.055 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB5CC
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(202, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(202, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -8.24, -16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 18.06, 242.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0331 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.055 233)
XYZ	xyz(38.2348, 42.9810, 63.3966)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB5CC #CCA38C

analogous

#8CCCC3 #8CB5CC #8C95CC

triadic

#8CB5CC #CC8CB5 #B5CC8C

tetradic

#8CB5CC #C38CCC #CCA38C #95CC8C

square

#8CB5CC #C38CCC #CCA38C #95CC8C

split-complementary

#8CB5CC #CC8C95 #CCC38C

monochromatic

#447B9A #629AB9 #8CB5CC #B6D0DF #E1ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#8CB5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#8CB5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB5CC

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB5CC	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.055 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcbdb',
    500: '#8cb5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb5cc;
$custom-light: #afcbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.563,
    "s": 38.554,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75137,
    "c": 0.05508,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.42983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB5CC

secondary

#E4D7D0

accent

#6134B2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB5CC

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

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