#8EB2CD#8EB2CD

#8EB2CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.055 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB2CD
RGB	rgb(142, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(206, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(206, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -5.80, -17.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 18.55, 251.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0269 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.055 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0918, 41.9977, 63.8451)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB2CD #CDA98E

analogous

#8ECDC8 #8EB2CD #8E92CD

triadic

#8EB2CD #CD8EB2 #B2CD8E

tetradic

#8EB2CD #C88ECD #CDA98E #92CD8E

square

#8EB2CD #C88ECD #CDA98E #92CD8E

split-complementary

#8EB2CD #CD8E92 #CDC88E

monochromatic

#45779C #6495BA #8EB2CD #B8CFE0 #E3ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#8EB2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#8EB2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB2CD

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB2CD	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AB9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.055 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c9dc',
    500: '#8eb2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb2cd;
$custom-light: #b0c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74647,
    "c": 0.05528,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB2CD

secondary

#E5DAD2

accent

#6A34B2

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB2CD

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

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