#7CB8CD#7CB8CD

#7CB8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.069 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7CB8CD
RGB	rgb(124, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -13.98, -16.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 21.79, 230.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0511 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.069 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4683, 42.9715, 64.1184)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7CB8CD #CD917C

analogous

#7CCDBA #7CB8CD #7C90CD

triadic

#7CB8CD #CD7CB8 #B8CD7C

tetradic

#7CB8CD #BA7CCD #CD917C #90CD7C

square

#7CB8CD #BA7CCD #CD917C #90CD7C

split-complementary

#7CB8CD #CD7C90 #CDBA7C

monochromatic

#397E96 #50A0BC #7CB8CD #A8D0DE #D5E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#7CB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#7CB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #7CB8CD

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7CB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7CB8CD	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CBFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7cb8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(124, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.069 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5cddc',
    500: '#7cb8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7cb8cd;
$custom-light: #a5cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7cb8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 124,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 44.751,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7491,
    "c": 0.06876,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7CB8CD

secondary

#E0CCC4

accent

#512EB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #7CB8CD

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

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