#8CB2DB#8CB2DB

#8CB2DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.072 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB2DB
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 219)
HSL	hsl(211, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(211, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 18.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -2.83, -24.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 24.91, 263.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0239 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.072 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5178, 42.5287, 73.1307)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB2DB #DBB58C

analogous

#8CDADB #8CB2DB #8D8CDB

triadic

#8CB2DB #DB8CB2 #B2DB8C

tetradic

#8CB2DB #DB8CDA #DBB58C #8CDB8D

square

#8CB2DB #DB8CDA #DBB58C #8CDB8D

split-complementary

#8CB2DB #DB8D8C #DADB8C

monochromatic

#3874B4 #5D93CC #8CB2DB #BBD1EA #E8EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8CB2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#8CB2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB2DB

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB2DB	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.072 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c8e6',
    500: '#8cb2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb2db;
$custom-light: #b0c8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.139,
    "s": 52.318,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75064,
    "c": 0.07238,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB2DB

secondary

#ECE2D7

accent

#7626C0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB2DB

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

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