#7CB9D8#7CB9D8

#7CB9D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.077 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7CB9D8
RGB	rgb(124, 185, 216)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(200, 43%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -11.61, -21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 24.64, 241.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0482 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.077 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0515, 43.9383, 71.4283)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7CB9D8 #D89B7C

analogous

#7CD8C9 #7CB9D8 #7C8BD8

triadic

#7CB9D8 #D87CB9 #B9D87C

tetradic

#7CB9D8 #C97CD8 #D89B7C #8BD87C

square

#7CB9D8 #C97CD8 #D89B7C #8BD87C

split-complementary

#7CB9D8 #D87C8B #D8C97C

monochromatic

#3280A8 #4DA0CA #7CB9D8 #ABD2E6 #DAEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#7CB9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#7CB9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #7CB9D8

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7CB9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7CB9D8	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DADD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7cb9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(124, 185, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.077 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6cee4',
    500: '#7cb9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7cb9d8;
$custom-light: #a6cee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7cb9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 124,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.217,
    "s": 54.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75551,
    "c": 0.077,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7CB9D8

secondary

#E7D3C9

accent

#5924C2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #7CB9D8

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

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