#8CB6DA#8CB6DA

#8CB6DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.069 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB6DA
RGB	rgb(140, 182, 218)
HSL	hsl(208, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(208, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 16.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -5.26, -22.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 23.19, 256.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0294 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.069 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1940, 44.0912, 72.7086)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB6DA #DAB08C

analogous

#8CDAD7 #8CB6DA #8C8FDA

triadic

#8CB6DA #DA8CB6 #B6DA8C

tetradic

#8CB6DA #D78CDA #DAB08C #8FDA8C

square

#8CB6DA #D78CDA #DAB08C #8FDA8C

split-complementary

#8CB6DA #DA8C8F #DAD78C

monochromatic

#397AB2 #5E99CB #8CB6DA #BAD3E9 #E8F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#8CB6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#8CB6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB6DA

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB6DA	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 182, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.069 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cbe5',
    500: '#8cb6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb6da;
$custom-light: #b0cbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 51.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75883,
    "c": 0.06882,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB6DA

secondary

#ECE0D6

accent

#6D27BF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111315

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB6DA

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

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