#7CB9CD#7CB9CD

#7CB9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.069 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7CB9CD
RGB	rgb(124, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -14.51, -16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 21.81, 228.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0524 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.069 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6767, 43.3884, 64.1879)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7CB9CD #CD907C

analogous

#7CCDB9 #7CB9CD #7C91CD

triadic

#7CB9CD #CD7CB9 #B9CD7C

tetradic

#7CB9CD #B97CCD #CD907C #91CD7C

square

#7CB9CD #B97CCD #CD907C #91CD7C

split-complementary

#7CB9CD #CD7C91 #CDB97C

monochromatic

#397F96 #50A1BC #7CB9CD #A8D1DE #D5E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#7CB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#7CB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #7CB9CD

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7CB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7CB9CD	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CC0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7cb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(124, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.069 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5cedc',
    500: '#7cb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7cb9cd;
$custom-light: #a5cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7cb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 124,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.815,
    "s": 44.751,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75135,
    "c": 0.0689,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7CB9CD

secondary

#E0CBC4

accent

#502EB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #7CB9CD

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

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