#8EB4CB#8EB4CB

#8EB4CB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.053 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB4CB
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 203)
HSL	hsl(203, 37%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(203, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 11.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -7.37, -15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 17.43, 245.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0303 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.053 235)
XYZ	xyz(38.2528, 42.7034, 62.7154)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB4CB #CBA58E

analogous

#8ECBC4 #8EB4CB #8E95CB

triadic

#8EB4CB #CB8EB4 #B4CB8E

tetradic

#8EB4CB #C48ECB #CBA58E #95CB8E

square

#8EB4CB #C48ECB #CBA58E #95CB8E

split-complementary

#8EB4CB #CB8E95 #CBC48E

monochromatic

#467998 #6498B8 #8EB4CB #B8D0DE #E2ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#8EB4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#8EB4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB4CB

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB4CB	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BBABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.053 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cada',
    500: '#8eb4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb4cb;
$custom-light: #b0cada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.623,
    "s": 36.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75008,
    "c": 0.05277,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.42705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB4CB

secondary

#E4D8D1

accent

#6436B0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FA

border

#CFD1D3

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB4CB

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

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