#8EB4BC#8EB4BC

#8EB4BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.043 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB4BC
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(190, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(190, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -10.91, -8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 13.69, 217.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0361 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.043 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5510, 42.0227, 53.7525)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB4BC #BC968E

analogous

#8EBCAD #8EB4BC #8E9DBC

triadic

#8EB4BC #BC8EB4 #B4BC8E

tetradic

#8EB4BC #AD8EBC #BC968E #9DBC8E

square

#8EB4BC #AD8EBC #BC968E #9DBC8E

split-complementary

#8EB4BC #BC8E9D #BCAD8E

monochromatic

#4D7982 #689BA5 #8EB4BC #B4CED3 #DBE7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#8EB4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#8EB4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB4BC

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB4BC	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.043 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cad0',
    500: '#8eb4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb4bc;
$custom-light: #b0cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 25.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74484,
    "c": 0.0425,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB4BC

secondary

#DBCECB

accent

#5341A4

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F5F8F9

border

#CFD1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB4BC

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

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