#7CB5CD#7CB5CD

#7CB5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.069 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7CB5CD
RGB	rgb(124, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 45%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(198, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -12.40, -17.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 21.85, 235.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0474 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.069 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8517, 41.7383, 63.9129)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7CB5CD #CD947C

analogous

#7CCDBD #7CB5CD #7C8DCD

triadic

#7CB5CD #CD7CB5 #B5CD7C

tetradic

#7CB5CD #BD7CCD #CD947C #8DCD7C

square

#7CB5CD #BD7CCD #CD947C #8DCD7C

split-complementary

#7CB5CD #CD7C8D #CDBD7C

monochromatic

#397A96 #509CBC #7CB5CD #A8CEDE #D5E7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#7CB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#7CB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #7CB5CD

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7CB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7CB5CD	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DBCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7cb5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(124, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.069 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5cbdc',
    500: '#7cb5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7cb5cd;
$custom-light: #a5cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7cb5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 124,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 44.751,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74239,
    "c": 0.06856,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7CB5CD

secondary

#E0CDC4

accent

#572EB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #7CB5CD

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

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