#8CB7DA#8CB7DA

#8CB7DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.068 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB7DA
RGB	rgb(140, 183, 218)
HSL	hsl(207, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(207, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 16.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -5.80, -22.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 22.92, 255.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0306 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.068 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3996, 44.5023, 72.7771)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB7DA #DAAF8C

analogous

#8CDAD6 #8CB7DA #8C90DA

triadic

#8CB7DA #DA8CB7 #B7DA8C

tetradic

#8CB7DA #D68CDA #DAAF8C #90DA8C

square

#8CB7DA #D68CDA #DAAF8C #90DA8C

split-complementary

#8CB7DA #DA8C90 #DAD68C

monochromatic

#397CB2 #5E9ACB #8CB7DA #BAD4E9 #E8F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#8CB7DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#8CB7DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB7DA

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB7DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB7DA	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb7da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 183, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.068 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cce5',
    500: '#8cb7da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb7da;
$custom-light: #b0cce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb7da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.923,
    "s": 51.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76099,
    "c": 0.06833,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB7DA

secondary

#ECE0D6

accent

#6B27BF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111315

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB7DA

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

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