#8EB2BC#8EB2BC

#8EB2BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.042 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB2BC
RGB	rgb(142, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(193, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -9.85, -9.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 13.40, 222.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0334 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.042 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1501, 41.2210, 53.6189)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB2BC #BC988E

analogous

#8EBCAF #8EB2BC #8E9BBC

triadic

#8EB2BC #BC8EB2 #B2BC8E

tetradic

#8EB2BC #AF8EBC #BC988E #9BBC8E

square

#8EB2BC #AF8EBC #BC988E #9BBC8E

split-complementary

#8EB2BC #BC8E9B #BCAF8E

monochromatic

#4D7782 #6898A5 #8EB2BC #B4CCD3 #DBE6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#8EB2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#8EB2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB2BC

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB2BC	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80B6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.042 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c9d0',
    500: '#8eb2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb2bc;
$custom-light: #b0c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.043,
    "s": 25.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74043,
    "c": 0.04154,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB2BC

secondary

#DBCECB

accent

#5741A4

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F5F8F9

border

#CFD1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB2BC

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

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