#8CB2DA#8CB2DA

#8CB2DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.071 H 250.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB2DA
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 218)
HSL	hsl(211, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(211, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -3.08, -24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 24.45, 262.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0242 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.071 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3865, 42.4762, 72.4395)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB2DA #DAB48C

analogous

#8CD9DA #8CB2DA #8D8CDA

triadic

#8CB2DA #DA8CB2 #B2DA8C

tetradic

#8CB2DA #DA8CD9 #DAB48C #8CDA8D

square

#8CB2DA #DA8CD9 #DAB48C #8CDA8D

split-complementary

#8CB2DA #DA8D8C #D9DA8C

monochromatic

#3974B2 #5E93CB #8CB2DA #BAD1E9 #E8EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8CB2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#8CB2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB2DA

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB2DA	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.071 250.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c8e5',
    500: '#8cb2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb2da;
$custom-light: #b0c8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.769,
    "s": 51.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75024,
    "c": 0.07118,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB2DA

secondary

#ECE1D6

accent

#7527BF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111315

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB2DA

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

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