#8CB3DB#8CB3DB

#8CB3DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.072 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB3DB
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 219)
HSL	hsl(210, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(210, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -3.37, -24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 24.56, 262.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0252 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.072 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7175, 42.9281, 73.1973)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB3DB #DBB48C

analogous

#8CDADB #8CB3DB #8C8CDB

triadic

#8CB3DB #DB8CB3 #B3DB8C

tetradic

#8CB3DB #DB8CDA #DBB48C #8CDB8C

square

#8CB3DB #DB8CDA #DBB48C #8CDB8C

split-complementary

#8CB3DB #DB8C8C #DADB8C

monochromatic

#3876B4 #5D94CC #8CB3DB #BBD2EA #E8F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#8CB3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#8CB3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB3DB

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB3DB	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.072 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c9e6',
    500: '#8cb3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb3db;
$custom-light: #b0c9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.38,
    "s": 52.318,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75278,
    "c": 0.07171,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB3DB

secondary

#ECE2D7

accent

#7426C0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB3DB

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

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