#8CBCD3#8CBCD3

#8CBCD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.060 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBCD3
RGB	rgb(140, 188, 211)
HSL	hsl(199, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 10.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -10.24, -16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 19.53, 238.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0396 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.06 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5525, 46.2429, 68.4044)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBCD3 #D3A38C

analogous

#8CD3C7 #8CBCD3 #8C99D3

triadic

#8CBCD3 #D38CBC #BCD38C

tetradic

#8CBCD3 #C78CD3 #D3A38C #99D38C

square

#8CBCD3 #C78CD3 #D3A38C #99D38C

split-complementary

#8CBCD3 #D38C99 #D3C78C

monochromatic

#3F84A5 #60A2C2 #8CBCD3 #B8D6E4 #E5F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#8CBCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#8CBCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBCD3

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBCD3	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BAD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbcd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 188, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.060 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d0e0',
    500: '#8cbcd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbcd3;
$custom-light: #b0d0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbcd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.437,
    "s": 44.654,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76922,
    "c": 0.06037,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBCD3

secondary

#E8DAD3

accent

#5A2EB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FB

border

#CFD2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBCD3

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

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