#8CB8CD#8CB8CD

#8CB8CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.056 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB8CD
RGB	rgb(140, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -9.59, -15.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 18.08, 237.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0367 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.056 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9717, 44.2623, 64.2358)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB8CD #CDA18C

analogous

#8CCDC2 #8CB8CD #8C97CD

triadic

#8CB8CD #CD8CB8 #B8CD8C

tetradic

#8CB8CD #C28CCD #CDA18C #97CD8C

square

#8CB8CD #C28CCD #CDA18C #97CD8C

split-complementary

#8CB8CD #CD8C97 #CDC28C

monochromatic

#437F9B #619EBA #8CB8CD #B7D2E0 #E1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#8CB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#8CB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB8CD

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB8CD	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.056 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcddc',
    500: '#8cb8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb8cd;
$custom-light: #afcddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.385,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75829,
    "c": 0.0557,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB8CD

secondary

#E4D7D0

accent

#5C33B2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FB

border

#CFD2D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB8CD

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

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