#8CBCD0#8CBCD0

#8CBCD0 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.058 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBCD0
RGB	rgb(140, 188, 208)
HSL	hsl(198, 42%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 9.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -10.98, -15.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 18.71, 234.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0407 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.058 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1799, 46.0939, 66.4421)
Luminance	0.4610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBCD0 #D0A08C

analogous

#8CD0C2 #8CBCD0 #8C9AD0

triadic

#8CBCD0 #D08CBC #BCD08C

tetradic

#8CBCD0 #C28CD0 #D0A08C #9AD08C

square

#8CBCD0 #C28CD0 #D0A08C #9AD08C

split-complementary

#8CBCD0 #D08C9A #D0C28C

monochromatic

#4184A0 #61A3BE #8CBCD0 #B7D5E2 #E3EFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#8CBCD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#8CBCD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBCD0

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBCD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBCD0	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbcd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 188, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.058 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd0de',
    500: '#8cbcd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbcd0;
$custom-light: #afd0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbcd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 41.975,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76814,
    "c": 0.0581,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBCD0

secondary

#E6D8D2

accent

#5730B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FB

border

#CFD2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBCD0

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

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