#8CB7DD#8CB7DD

#8CB7DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.072 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB7DD
RGB	rgb(140, 183, 221)
HSL	hsl(208, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(208, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -5.03, -23.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 24.18, 258.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0296 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.072 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7957, 44.6607, 74.8634)
Luminance	0.4466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB7DD #DDB28C

analogous

#8CDDDA #8CB7DD #8C8EDD

triadic

#8CB7DD #DD8CB7 #B7DD8C

tetradic

#8CB7DD #DA8CDD #DDB28C #8EDD8C

square

#8CB7DD #DA8CDD #DDB28C #8EDD8C

split-complementary

#8CB7DD #DD8C8E #DDDA8C

monochromatic

#367BB8 #5D99CF #8CB7DD #BBD5EB #E7F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#8CB7DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#8CB7DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB7DD

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB7DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB7DD	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb7dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 183, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.072 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cce7',
    500: '#8cb7dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb7dd;
$custom-light: #b0cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb7dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.148,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76216,
    "c": 0.07163,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB7DD

secondary

#EDE2D8

accent

#6E24C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB7DD

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

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