#8EB3BC#8EB3BC

#8EB3BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.042 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB3BC
RGB	rgb(142, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(192, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(192, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -10.38, -8.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 13.53, 219.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0347 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.042 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3498, 41.6204, 53.6855)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB3BC #BC978E

analogous

#8EBCAE #8EB3BC #8E9CBC

triadic

#8EB3BC #BC8EB3 #B3BC8E

tetradic

#8EB3BC #AE8EBC #BC978E #9CBC8E

square

#8EB3BC #AE8EBC #BC978E #9CBC8E

split-complementary

#8EB3BC #BC8E9C #BCAE8E

monochromatic

#4D7882 #6899A5 #8EB3BC #B4CDD3 #DBE7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#8EB3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#8EB3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB3BC

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB3BC	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)

#ACB0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.042 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c9d0',
    500: '#8eb3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb3bc;
$custom-light: #b0c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.739,
    "s": 25.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74263,
    "c": 0.04198,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB3BC

secondary

#DBCECB

accent

#5541A4

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F5F8F9

border

#CFD1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB3BC

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

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