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#8cb4ba

a balanced, soft cyan · cool · closest name: silver

RGB
140, 180, 186
HSL
188°, 25%, 64%
CMYK
25, 3, 0, 27
Luminance
0.4176

Every format

HEX#8cb4ba
RGBrgb(140, 180, 186)
HSLhsl(188, 25%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(25%, 3%, 0%, 27%)
LABlab(70.7 -12.0 -7.5)
LCHlch(70.7 14.1 211.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.743 0.044 207.6)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #8cb4ba;
background-color: #8cb4ba;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#8cb4ba] bg-[#8cb4ba]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #8cb4ba;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.549, green: 0.706, blue: 0.729)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#8cb4ba")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#8cb4ba on white: 2.25:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#8cb4ba on black: 9.35:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red54.9%
Green70.6%
Blue72.9%

CMYK percentages

Cyan24.7%
Magenta3.2%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)27.1%

Color previews

#8cb4ba text on a black background

contrast 9.35:1

Card sample

#8cb4ba text on a white background

contrast 2.25:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #8cb4ba;
Background color
Panel with #8cb4ba background
background-color: #8cb4ba;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #8cb4ba;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(140, 180, 186, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(140, 180, 186, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #8cb4ba;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8cb4ba, #8C95BA);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #8cb4ba

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #8cb4ba in the Color Lab