#8EB3CB#8EB3CB

#8EB3CB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.053 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB3CB
RGB	rgb(142, 179, 203)
HSL	hsl(204, 37%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(204, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 11.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -6.83, -16.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 17.59, 247.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.029 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.053 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0516, 42.3011, 62.6483)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB3CB #CBA68E

analogous

#8ECBC5 #8EB3CB #8E94CB

triadic

#8EB3CB #CB8EB3 #B3CB8E

tetradic

#8EB3CB #C58ECB #CBA68E #94CB8E

square

#8EB3CB #C58ECB #CBA68E #94CB8E

split-complementary

#8EB3CB #CB8E94 #CBC58E

monochromatic

#467898 #6497B8 #8EB3CB #B8CFDE #E2EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8EB3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#8EB3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB3CB

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB3CB	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 179, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.053 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c9da',
    500: '#8eb3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb3cb;
$custom-light: #b0c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.607,
    "s": 36.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7479,
    "c": 0.05298,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB3CB

secondary

#E4D8D1

accent

#6636B0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FA

border

#CFD1D3

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB3CB

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

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