#8CB5DD#8CB5DD

#8CB5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.073 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB5DD
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(210, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(210, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -3.94, -24.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 24.80, 260.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.027 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.073 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3861, 43.8415, 74.7268)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB5DD #DDB48C

analogous

#8CDDDC #8CB5DD #8C8CDD

triadic

#8CB5DD #DD8CB5 #B5DD8C

tetradic

#8CB5DD #DC8CDD #DDB48C #8CDD8C

square

#8CB5DD #DC8CDD #DDB48C #8CDD8C

split-complementary

#8CB5DD #DD8C8C #DDDC8C

monochromatic

#3678B8 #5D97CF #8CB5DD #BBD3EB #E7F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8CB5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#8CB5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB5DD

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB5DD	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.073 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cbe7',
    500: '#8cb5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb5dd;
$custom-light: #b0cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.63,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75787,
    "c": 0.07278,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB5DD

secondary

#EDE2D8

accent

#7224C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB5DD

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

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