#8CB4DA#8CB4DA

#8CB4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.070 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4DA
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 218)
HSL	hsl(209, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(209, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -4.17, -23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 23.79, 259.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0268 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.07 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7874, 43.2779, 72.5731)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4DA #DAB28C

analogous

#8CDAD9 #8CB4DA #8C8DDA

triadic

#8CB4DA #DA8CB4 #B4DA8C

tetradic

#8CB4DA #D98CDA #DAB28C #8DDA8C

square

#8CB4DA #D98CDA #DAB28C #8DDA8C

split-complementary

#8CB4DA #DA8C8D #DAD98C

monochromatic

#3977B2 #5E96CB #8CB4DA #BAD2E9 #E8F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#8CB4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#8CB4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4DA

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4DA	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BACD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.070 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cae5',
    500: '#8cb4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4da;
$custom-light: #b0cae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.231,
    "s": 51.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75453,
    "c": 0.06992,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4DA

secondary

#ECE1D6

accent

#7127BF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111315

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4DA

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

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