#8EB3BF#8EB3BF

#8EB3BF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.044 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB3BF
RGB	rgb(142, 179, 191)
HSL	hsl(195, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -9.69, -10.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 14.06, 226.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0335 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.044 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6766, 41.7511, 55.4064)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB3BF #BF9A8E

analogous

#8EBFB3 #8EB3BF #8E9ABF

triadic

#8EB3BF #BF8EB3 #B3BF8E

tetradic

#8EB3BF #B38EBF #BF9A8E #9ABF8E

square

#8EB3BF #B38EBF #BF9A8E #9ABF8E

split-complementary

#8EB3BF #BF8E9A #BFB38E

monochromatic

#4C7886 #6799A9 #8EB3BF #B5CDD5 #DCE8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#8EB3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#8EB3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB3BF

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB3BF	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FB7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 179, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.044 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c9d2',
    500: '#8eb3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb3bf;
$custom-light: #b0c9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.694,
    "s": 27.684,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74365,
    "c": 0.04353,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB3BF

secondary

#DDD0CC

accent

#583FA6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F5F8F9

border

#CFD1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB3BF

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

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