#8EB4CC#8EB4CC

#8EB4CC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.054 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB4CC
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(203, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(203, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -7.12, -16.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 17.78, 246.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0299 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.054 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3723, 42.7512, 63.3450)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB4CC #CCA68E

analogous

#8ECCC5 #8EB4CC #8E95CC

triadic

#8EB4CC #CC8EB4 #B4CC8E

tetradic

#8EB4CC #C58ECC #CCA68E #95CC8E

square

#8EB4CC #C58ECC #CCA68E #95CC8E

split-complementary

#8EB4CC #CC8E95 #CCC58E

monochromatic

#46799A #6498B9 #8EB4CC #B8D0DF #E2ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#8EB4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#8EB4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB4CC

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB4CC	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BBABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.054 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cadb',
    500: '#8eb4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb4cc;
$custom-light: #b0cadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.226,
    "s": 37.805,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75044,
    "c": 0.0537,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB4CC

secondary

#E4D9D1

accent

#6535B1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB4CC

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

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