#8EB3BD#8EB3BD

#8EB3BD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.042 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB3BD
RGB	rgb(142, 179, 189)
HSL	hsl(193, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(193, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -10.15, -9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 13.69, 222.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0343 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.042 216)
XYZ	xyz(36.4580, 41.6637, 54.2552)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB3BD #BD988E

analogous

#8EBDB0 #8EB3BD #8E9CBD

triadic

#8EB3BD #BD8EB3 #B3BD8E

tetradic

#8EB3BD #B08EBD #BD988E #9CBD8E

square

#8EB3BD #B08EBD #BD988E #9CBD8E

split-complementary

#8EB3BD #BD8E9C #BDB08E

monochromatic

#4D7884 #6799A6 #8EB3BD #B5CDD4 #DBE7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#8EB3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#8EB3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB3BD

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB3BD	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 179, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.042 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c9d0',
    500: '#8eb3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb3bd;
$custom-light: #b0c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.766,
    "s": 26.257,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74297,
    "c": 0.04246,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.41665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB3BD

secondary

#DBCFCB

accent

#5641A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F5F8F9

border

#CFD1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB3BD

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

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