#8EB0BE#8EB0BE

#8EB0BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.042 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB0BE
RGB	rgb(142, 176, 190)
HSL	hsl(198, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(198, 25%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -8.32, -10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 13.73, 232.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0299 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.042 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9722, 40.5178, 54.6306)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB0BE #BE9C8E

analogous

#8EBEB4 #8EB0BE #8E98BE

triadic

#8EB0BE #BE8EB0 #B0BE8E

tetradic

#8EB0BE #B48EBE #BE9C8E #98BE8E

square

#8EB0BE #B48EBE #BE9C8E #98BE8E

split-complementary

#8EB0BE #BE8E98 #BEB48E

monochromatic

#4D7585 #6795A8 #8EB0BE #B5CBD4 #DCE6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8EB0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#8EB0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB0BE

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB0BE	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 176, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.042 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c7d1',
    500: '#8eb0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb0be;
$custom-light: #b0c7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 26.966,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73672,
    "c": 0.04217,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB0BE

secondary

#DCD1CC

accent

#5E40A6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F5F8F9

border

#CFD1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB0BE

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

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