#8CB9CD#8CB9CD

#8CB9CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.056 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB9CD
RGB	rgb(140, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -10.13, -14.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 18.02, 235.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.038 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.056 227)
XYZ	xyz(39.1801, 44.6792, 64.3053)
Luminance	0.4468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB9CD #CDA08C

analogous

#8CCDC1 #8CB9CD #8C98CD

triadic

#8CB9CD #CD8CB9 #B9CD8C

tetradic

#8CB9CD #C18CCD #CDA08C #98CD8C

square

#8CB9CD #C18CCD #CDA08C #98CD8C

split-complementary

#8CB9CD #CD8C98 #CDC18C

monochromatic

#43809B #619FBA #8CB9CD #B7D3E0 #E1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#8CB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#8CB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB9CD

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB9CD	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.056 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcedc',
    500: '#8cb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb9cd;
$custom-light: #afcedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76048,
    "c": 0.05572,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.44681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB9CD

secondary

#E4D7D0

accent

#5A33B2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FB

border

#CFD2D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB9CD

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

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