#8EB3CC#8EB3CC

#8EB3CC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.054 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB3CC
RGB	rgb(142, 179, 204)
HSL	hsl(204, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(204, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -6.58, -16.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 17.96, 248.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0286 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.054 238)
XYZ	xyz(38.1712, 42.3489, 63.2779)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB3CC #CCA78E

analogous

#8ECCC6 #8EB3CC #8E94CC

triadic

#8EB3CC #CC8EB3 #B3CC8E

tetradic

#8EB3CC #C68ECC #CCA78E #94CC8E

square

#8EB3CC #C68ECC #CCA78E #94CC8E

split-complementary

#8EB3CC #CC8E94 #CCC68E

monochromatic

#46789A #6497B9 #8EB3CC #B8CFDF #E2ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8EB3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#8EB3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB3CC

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB3CC	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 179, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.054 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c9db',
    500: '#8eb3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb3cc;
$custom-light: #b0c9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.194,
    "s": 37.805,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74827,
    "c": 0.05395,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.42351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB3CC

secondary

#E4D9D1

accent

#6735B1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB3CC

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

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