#8CBCCE#8CBCCE

#8CBCCE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.057 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBCCE
RGB	rgb(140, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(196, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -11.47, -14.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 18.21, 230.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0415 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.057 223)
XYZ	xyz(39.9354, 45.9961, 65.1544)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBCCE #CE9E8C

analogous

#8CCEBF #8CBCCE #8C9BCE

triadic

#8CBCCE #CE8CBC #BCCE8C

tetradic

#8CBCCE #BF8CCE #CE9E8C #9BCE8C

square

#8CBCCE #BF8CCE #CE9E8C #9BCE8C

split-complementary

#8CBCCE #CE8C9B #CEBF8C

monochromatic

#43849D #61A3BC #8CBCCE #B7D5E0 #E2EEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#8CBCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#8CBCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBCCE

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBCCE	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.057 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd0dd',
    500: '#8cbcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbcce;
$custom-light: #afd0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 40.244,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76742,
    "c": 0.05673,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.45998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBCCE

secondary

#E5D6D1

accent

#5532B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FB

border

#CFD2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBCCE

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

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