#8CBADD#8CBADD

#8CBADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.070 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBADD
RGB	rgb(140, 186, 221)
HSL	hsl(206, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 15.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -6.64, -22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 23.36, 253.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0334 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.07 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4211, 45.9115, 75.0718)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBADD #DDAF8C

analogous

#8CDDD7 #8CBADD #8C91DD

triadic

#8CBADD #DD8CBA #BADD8C

tetradic

#8CBADD #D78CDD #DDAF8C #91DD8C

square

#8CBADD #D78CDD #DDAF8C #91DD8C

split-complementary

#8CBADD #DD8C91 #DDD78C

monochromatic

#3680B8 #5D9ECF #8CBADD #BBD6EB #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#8CBADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#8CBADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBADD

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBADD	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 186, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.070 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cee7',
    500: '#8cbadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbadd;
$custom-light: #b0cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.926,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76863,
    "c": 0.07016,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBADD

secondary

#EDE1D8

accent

#6824C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBADD

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

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