#8EB3BE#8EB3BE

#8EB3BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.043 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB3BE
RGB	rgb(142, 179, 190)
HSL	hsl(194, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(194, 25%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -9.92, -9.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 13.86, 224.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0339 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.043 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5669, 41.7072, 54.8288)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB3BE #BE998E

analogous

#8EBEB1 #8EB3BE #8E9BBE

triadic

#8EB3BE #BE8EB3 #B3BE8E

tetradic

#8EB3BE #B18EBE #BE998E #9BBE8E

square

#8EB3BE #B18EBE #BE998E #9BBE8E

split-complementary

#8EB3BE #BE8E9B #BEB18E

monochromatic

#4D7885 #6799A8 #8EB3BE #B5CDD4 #DCE7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#8EB3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#8EB3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB3BE

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB3BE	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FB7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 179, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.043 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c9d1',
    500: '#8eb3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb3be;
$custom-light: #b0c9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.75,
    "s": 26.966,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74331,
    "c": 0.04297,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB3BE

secondary

#DCCFCC

accent

#5740A6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F5F8F9

border

#CFD1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB3BE

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

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