#8EB3BB#8EB3BB

#8EB3BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.042 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB3BB
RGB	rgb(142, 179, 187)
HSL	hsl(191, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(191, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -10.61, -8.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 13.39, 217.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0351 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.042 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2424, 41.5774, 53.1197)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB3BB #BB968E

analogous

#8EBBAD #8EB3BB #8E9DBB

triadic

#8EB3BB #BB8EB3 #B3BB8E

tetradic

#8EB3BB #AD8EBB #BB968E #9DBB8E

square

#8EB3BB #AD8EBB #BB968E #9DBB8E

split-complementary

#8EB3BB #BB8E9D #BBAD8E

monochromatic

#4E7881 #6899A4 #8EB3BB #B4CDD2 #DAE6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#8EB3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#8EB3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB3BB

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB3BB	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 179, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.042 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c9cf',
    500: '#8eb3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb3bb;
$custom-light: #b0c9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.667,
    "s": 24.862,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74229,
    "c": 0.04156,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB3BB

secondary

#DACDCB

accent

#5342A3

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F5F8F9

border

#CFD1D2

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB3BB

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

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