#8CB5CD#8CB5CD

#8CB5CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.056 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB5CD
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(202, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -7.99, -16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 18.40, 244.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0328 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.056 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3551, 43.0292, 64.0303)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB5CD #CDA48C

analogous

#8CCDC5 #8CB5CD #8C94CD

triadic

#8CB5CD #CD8CB5 #B5CD8C

tetradic

#8CB5CD #C58CCD #CDA48C #94CD8C

square

#8CB5CD #C58CCD #CDA48C #94CD8C

split-complementary

#8CB5CD #CD8C94 #CDC58C

monochromatic

#437B9B #619ABA #8CB5CD #B7D0E0 #E1ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#8CB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#8CB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB5CD

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB5CD	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.056 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcbdc',
    500: '#8cb5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb5cd;
$custom-light: #afcbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.154,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75173,
    "c": 0.05598,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB5CD

secondary

#E4D8D0

accent

#6233B2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB5CD

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

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