#8DB5BD#8DB5BD

#8DB5BD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.044 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DB5BD
RGB	rgb(141, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(190, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(190, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -11.52, -8.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 14.28, 216.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.038 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.044 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6909, 42.3831, 54.3818)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DB5BD #BD958D

analogous

#8DBDAD #8DB5BD #8D9DBD

triadic

#8DB5BD #BD8DB5 #B5BD8D

tetradic

#8DB5BD #AD8DBD #BD958D #9DBD8D

square

#8DB5BD #AD8DBD #BD958D #9DBD8D

split-complementary

#8DB5BD #BD8D9D #BDAD8D

monochromatic

#4C7A83 #669CA7 #8DB5BD #B4CED3 #DBE7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8DB5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#8DB5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DB5BD

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DB5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DB5BD	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EB9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8db5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.044 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcbd0',
    500: '#8db5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8db5bd;
$custom-light: #afcbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8db5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74674,
    "c": 0.04441,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DB5BD

secondary

#DBCDCB

accent

#5140A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F5F8F9

border

#CFD1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DB5BD

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

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