#8EB5CE#8EB5CE

#8EB5CE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.055 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB5CE
RGB	rgb(142, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(203, 31%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -7.17, -16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 18.34, 246.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0305 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.055 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8163, 43.2530, 64.6840)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB5CE #CEA78E

analogous

#8ECEC7 #8EB5CE #8E95CE

triadic

#8EB5CE #CE8EB5 #B5CE8E

tetradic

#8EB5CE #C78ECE #CEA78E #95CE8E

square

#8EB5CE #C78ECE #CEA78E #95CE8E

split-complementary

#8EB5CE #CE8E95 #CEC78E

monochromatic

#447B9D #6399BB #8EB5CE #B9D1E1 #E3EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#8EB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#8EB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB5CE

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB5CE	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7ABCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.055 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cbdd',
    500: '#8eb5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb5ce;
$custom-light: #b0cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.438,
    "s": 39.506,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75335,
    "c": 0.05537,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB5CE

secondary

#E6DAD2

accent

#6533B2

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB5CE

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

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