#8CBCD4#8CBCD4

#8CBCD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.061 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBCD4
RGB	rgb(140, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(200, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(200, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -9.99, -17.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 19.83, 239.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0392 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.061 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6783, 46.2932, 69.0667)
Luminance	0.4629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBCD4 #D4A48C

analogous

#8CD4C8 #8CBCD4 #8C98D4

triadic

#8CBCD4 #D48CBC #BCD48C

tetradic

#8CBCD4 #C88CD4 #D4A48C #98D48C

square

#8CBCD4 #C88CD4 #D4A48C #98D48C

split-complementary

#8CBCD4 #D48C98 #D4C88C

monochromatic

#3E84A7 #5FA2C3 #8CBCD4 #B9D6E5 #E5F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#8CBCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#8CBCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBCD4

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBCD4	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BAD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.061 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d0e1',
    500: '#8cbcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbcd4;
$custom-light: #b0d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 45.57,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76959,
    "c": 0.06117,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBCD4

secondary

#E8DAD3

accent

#5B2DB9

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBCD4

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

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