#8CB0DD#8CB0DD

#8CB0DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.076 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB0DD
RGB	rgb(140, 176, 221)
HSL	hsl(213, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(213, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 20.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -1.21, -26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 26.59, 267.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0207 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.076 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3876, 41.8446, 74.3940)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB0DD #DDB98C

analogous

#8CD8DD #8CB0DD #908CDD

triadic

#8CB0DD #DD8CB0 #B0DD8C

tetradic

#8CB0DD #DD8CD8 #DDB98C #8CDD90

square

#8CB0DD #DD8CD8 #DDB98C #8CDD90

split-complementary

#8CB0DD #DD908C #D8DD8C

monochromatic

#3670B8 #5D90CF #8CB0DD #BBD0EB #E7EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#8CB0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#8CB0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB0DD

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB0DD	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 176, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.076 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c7e7',
    500: '#8cb0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb0dd;
$custom-light: #b0c7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74718,
    "c": 0.0763,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB0DD

secondary

#EDE4D8

accent

#7C24C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB0DD

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

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