#8EB8CD#8EB8CD

#8EB8CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.054 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB8CD
RGB	rgb(142, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(200, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(200, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -9.02, -15.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 17.62, 239.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0348 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.054 230)
XYZ	xyz(39.3118, 44.4377, 64.2517)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB8CD #CDA38E

analogous

#8ECDC2 #8EB8CD #8E98CD

triadic

#8EB8CD #CD8EB8 #B8CD8E

tetradic

#8EB8CD #C28ECD #CDA38E #98CD8E

square

#8EB8CD #C28ECD #CDA38E #98CD8E

split-complementary

#8EB8CD #CD8E98 #CDC28E

monochromatic

#457F9C #649DBA #8EB8CD #B8D3E0 #E3EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#8EB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#8EB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB8CD

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB8CD	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7ABEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.054 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cddc',
    500: '#8eb8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb8cd;
$custom-light: #b0cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75952,
    "c": 0.05407,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.4444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB8CD

secondary

#E5D8D2

accent

#5E34B2

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB8CD

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

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