#8CB1D7#8CB1D7

#8CB1D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.068 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB1D7
RGB	rgb(140, 177, 215)
HSL	hsl(210, 48%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(210, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 17.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -3.31, -23.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 23.43, 261.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.024 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.068 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7993, 41.9241, 70.3246)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB1D7 #D7B28C

analogous

#8CD7D7 #8CB1D7 #8D8CD7

triadic

#8CB1D7 #D78CB1 #B1D78C

tetradic

#8CB1D7 #D78CD7 #D7B28C #8CD78D

square

#8CB1D7 #D78CD7 #D7B28C #8CD78D

split-complementary

#8CB1D7 #D78D8C #D7D78C

monochromatic

#3C74AD #5F92C7 #8CB1D7 #B9D0E7 #E7EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#8CB1D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#8CB1D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB1D7

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB1D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB1D7	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B2D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb1d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 177, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.068 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c8e3',
    500: '#8cb1d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb1d7;
$custom-light: #b0c8e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb1d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.4,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7469,
    "c": 0.06828,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB1D7

secondary

#EAE0D5

accent

#742ABC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB1D7

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

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