#8EB4CD#8EB4CD

#8EB4CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.055 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB4CD
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(204, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(204, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -6.88, -16.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 18.15, 247.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0295 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.055 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4927, 42.7993, 63.9787)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB4CD #CDA78E

analogous

#8ECDC6 #8EB4CD #8E94CD

triadic

#8EB4CD #CD8EB4 #B4CD8E

tetradic

#8EB4CD #C68ECD #CDA78E #94CD8E

square

#8EB4CD #C68ECD #CDA78E #94CD8E

split-complementary

#8EB4CD #CD8E94 #CDC68E

monochromatic

#45799C #6498BA #8EB4CD #B8D0E0 #E3ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#8EB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#8EB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB4CD

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB4CD	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7ABABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.055 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cadc',
    500: '#8eb4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb4cd;
$custom-light: #b0cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.81,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75081,
    "c": 0.05466,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB4CD

secondary

#E5D9D2

accent

#6634B2

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB4CD

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

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