#8CB5DA#8CB5DA

#8CB5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.069 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB5DA
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(208, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(208, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -4.72, -23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 23.48, 258.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0281 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.069 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9900, 43.6831, 72.6406)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB5DA #DAB18C

analogous

#8CDAD8 #8CB5DA #8C8EDA

triadic

#8CB5DA #DA8CB5 #B5DA8C

tetradic

#8CB5DA #D88CDA #DAB18C #8EDA8C

square

#8CB5DA #D88CDA #DAB18C #8EDA8C

split-complementary

#8CB5DA #DA8C8E #DAD88C

monochromatic

#3979B2 #5E97CB #8CB5DA #BAD3E9 #E8F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8CB5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#8CB5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB5DA

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB5DA	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.069 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cbe5',
    500: '#8cb5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb5da;
$custom-light: #b0cbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.462,
    "s": 51.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75668,
    "c": 0.06935,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB5DA

secondary

#ECE0D6

accent

#6F27BF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111315

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB5DA

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

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