#8CB8CA#8CB8CA

#8CB8CA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.053 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB8CA
RGB	rgb(140, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(197, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -10.32, -13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 17.25, 233.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0378 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.053 225)
XYZ	xyz(38.6130, 44.1188, 62.3469)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB8CA #CA9E8C

analogous

#8CCABD #8CB8CA #8C99CA

triadic

#8CB8CA #CA8CB8 #B8CA8C

tetradic

#8CB8CA #BD8CCA #CA9E8C #99CA8C

square

#8CB8CA #BD8CCA #CA9E8C #99CA8C

split-complementary

#8CB8CA #CA8C99 #CABD8C

monochromatic

#457F96 #629EB7 #8CB8CA #B6D2DD #E0ECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#8CB8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#8CB8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB8CA

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB8CA	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.053 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcdda',
    500: '#8cb8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb8ca;
$custom-light: #afcdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.419,
    "s": 36.905,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75721,
    "c": 0.05346,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.44121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB8CA

secondary

#E3D5CF

accent

#5936B0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FA

border

#CFD2D3

text

#101314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB8CA

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

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