#8EB3CD#8EB3CD

#8EB3CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.055 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB3CD
RGB	rgb(142, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(205, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(205, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -6.34, -17.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 18.34, 249.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0282 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.055 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2915, 42.3971, 63.9116)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB3CD #CDA88E

analogous

#8ECDC7 #8EB3CD #8E93CD

triadic

#8EB3CD #CD8EB3 #B3CD8E

tetradic

#8EB3CD #C78ECD #CDA88E #93CD8E

square

#8EB3CD #C78ECD #CDA88E #93CD8E

split-complementary

#8EB3CD #CD8E93 #CDC78E

monochromatic

#45789C #6496BA #8EB3CD #B8D0E0 #E3ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8EB3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#8EB3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB3CD

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB3CD	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7ABABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.055 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c9dc',
    500: '#8eb3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb3cd;
$custom-light: #b0c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.762,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74864,
    "c": 0.05495,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB3CD

secondary

#E5DAD2

accent

#6834B2

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB3CD

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

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