#8EB5BD#8EB5BD

#8EB5BD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.043 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB5BD
RGB	rgb(142, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(190, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(190, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -11.21, -8.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 13.98, 216.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.037 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.043 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8618, 42.4711, 54.3898)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB5BD #BD968E

analogous

#8EBDAE #8EB5BD #8E9DBD

triadic

#8EB5BD #BD8EB5 #B5BD8E

tetradic

#8EB5BD #AE8EBD #BD968E #9DBD8E

square

#8EB5BD #AE8EBD #BD968E #9DBD8E

split-complementary

#8EB5BD #BD8E9D #BDAE8E

monochromatic

#4D7A84 #679CA6 #8EB5BD #B5CED4 #DBE8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8EB5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#8EB5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB5BD

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB5BD	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FB9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.043 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cbd0',
    500: '#8eb5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb5bd;
$custom-light: #b0cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.213,
    "s": 26.257,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74738,
    "c": 0.04344,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB5BD

secondary

#DBCECB

accent

#5241A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F5F8F9

border

#CFD1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB5BD

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

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