#7CB8E6#7CB8E6

#7CB8E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.091 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7CB8E6
RGB	rgb(124, 184, 230)
HSL	hsl(206, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(206, 46%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 20%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -7.24, -29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 29.90, 255.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0421 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.091 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7306, 44.2764, 81.3002)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7CB8E6 #E6AA7C

analogous

#7CE6DF #7CB8E6 #7C83E6

triadic

#7CB8E6 #E67CB8 #B8E67C

tetradic

#7CB8E6 #DF7CE6 #E6AA7C #83E67C

square

#7CB8E6 #DF7CE6 #E6AA7C #83E67C

split-complementary

#7CB8E6 #E67C83 #E6DF7C

monochromatic

#257EC2 #499CDC #7CB8E6 #AFD4F0 #E3F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#7CB8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#7CB8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #7CB8E6

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7CB8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7CB8E6	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DC3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7cb8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(124, 184, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.091 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7cdee',
    500: '#7cb8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7cb8e6;
$custom-light: #a7cdee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7cb8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 124,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.038,
    "s": 67.949,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75896,
    "c": 0.09096,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7CB8E6

secondary

#EEDDD0

accent

#6616D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #7CB8E6

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

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