#8CB5CE#8CB5CE

#8CB5CE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.057 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB5CE
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(203, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -7.74, -17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 18.74, 245.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0324 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.057 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4762, 43.0776, 64.6680)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB5CE #CEA58C

analogous

#8CCEC6 #8CB5CE #8C94CE

triadic

#8CB5CE #CE8CB5 #B5CE8C

tetradic

#8CB5CE #C68CCE #CEA58C #94CE8C

square

#8CB5CE #C68CCE #CEA58C #94CE8C

split-complementary

#8CB5CE #CE8C94 #CEC68C

monochromatic

#437B9D #6199BC #8CB5CE #B7D1E0 #E2ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#8CB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#8CB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB5CE

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB5CE	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.057 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcbdd',
    500: '#8cb5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb5ce;
$custom-light: #afcbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.727,
    "s": 40.244,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7521,
    "c": 0.0569,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB5CE

secondary

#E5D8D1

accent

#6332B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB5CE

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

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