#8CB0DA#8CB0DA

#8CB0DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.073 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB0DA
RGB	rgb(140, 176, 218)
HSL	hsl(212, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -1.99, -25.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 25.17, 265.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0217 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.073 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9915, 41.6862, 72.3078)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB0DA #DAB68C

analogous

#8CD7DA #8CB0DA #8F8CDA

triadic

#8CB0DA #DA8CB0 #B0DA8C

tetradic

#8CB0DA #DA8CD7 #DAB68C #8CDA8F

square

#8CB0DA #DA8CD7 #DAB68C #8CDA8F

split-complementary

#8CB0DA #DA8F8C #D7DA8C

monochromatic

#3971B2 #5E90CB #8CB0DA #BAD0E9 #E8EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#8CB0DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#8CB0DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB0DA

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB0DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB0DA	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb0da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 176, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.073 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c7e5',
    500: '#8cb0da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb0da;
$custom-light: #b0c7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb0da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 51.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74596,
    "c": 0.07259,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB0DA

secondary

#ECE2D6

accent

#7927BF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111315

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB0DA

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

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