#8EB2C0#8EB2C0

#8EB2C0 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.044 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB2C0
RGB	rgb(142, 178, 192)
HSL	hsl(197, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 7.3%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -8.92, -11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 14.25, 231.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0318 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.044 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5873, 41.3959, 55.9214)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB2C0 #C09C8E

analogous

#8EC0B5 #8EB2C0 #8E99C0

triadic

#8EB2C0 #C08EB2 #B2C08E

tetradic

#8EB2C0 #B58EC0 #C09C8E #99C08E

square

#8EB2C0 #B58EC0 #C09C8E #99C08E

split-complementary

#8EB2C0 #C08E99 #C0B58E

monochromatic

#4C7788 #6797AA #8EB2C0 #B5CDD6 #DDE8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#8EB2C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#8EB2C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB2C0

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB2C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB2C0	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB0C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AAC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FB7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb2c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 178, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.044 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c9d3',
    500: '#8eb2c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb2c0;
$custom-light: #b0c9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb2c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 28.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7418,
    "c": 0.0439,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB2C0

secondary

#DDD1CD

accent

#5C3EA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F5F8F9

border

#CFD1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB2C0

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

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