#8EB5CD#8EB5CD

#8EB5CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.054 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB5CD
RGB	rgb(142, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(203, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -7.41, -16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 17.98, 245.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0308 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.054 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6953, 43.2045, 64.0462)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB5CD #CDA68E

analogous

#8ECDC5 #8EB5CD #8E95CD

triadic

#8EB5CD #CD8EB5 #B5CD8E

tetradic

#8EB5CD #C58ECD #CDA68E #95CD8E

square

#8EB5CD #C58ECD #CDA68E #95CD8E

split-complementary

#8EB5CD #CD8E95 #CDC58E

monochromatic

#457B9C #6499BA #8EB5CD #B8D1E0 #E3EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#8EB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#8EB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB5CD

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB5CD	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7ABBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.054 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cbdc',
    500: '#8eb5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb5cd;
$custom-light: #b0cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.857,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75298,
    "c": 0.05443,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB5CD

secondary

#E5D9D2

accent

#6434B2

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB5CD

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

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