#8CB4DB#8CB4DB

#8CB4DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.071 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4DB
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 219)
HSL	hsl(210, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(210, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 17.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -3.92, -23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 24.23, 260.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0265 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.071 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9186, 43.3304, 73.2643)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4DB #DBB38C

analogous

#8CDBDA #8CB4DB #8C8CDB

triadic

#8CB4DB #DB8CB4 #B4DB8C

tetradic

#8CB4DB #DA8CDB #DBB38C #8CDB8C

square

#8CB4DB #DA8CDB #DBB38C #8CDB8C

split-complementary

#8CB4DB #DB8C8C #DBDA8C

monochromatic

#3877B4 #5D96CC #8CB4DB #BBD2EA #E8F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#8CB4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#8CB4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4DB

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4DB	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BACDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.071 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cae6',
    500: '#8cb4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4db;
$custom-light: #b0cae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.62,
    "s": 52.318,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75492,
    "c": 0.07108,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4DB

secondary

#ECE1D7

accent

#7226C0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4DB

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

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