#8CBCD5#8CBCD5

#8CBCD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.062 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBCD5
RGB	rgb(140, 188, 213)
HSL	hsl(201, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(201, 34%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -9.74, -17.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 20.13, 241.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0388 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.062 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8048, 46.3438, 69.7331)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBCD5 #D5A58C

analogous

#8CD5CA #8CBCD5 #8C98D5

triadic

#8CBCD5 #D58CBC #BCD58C

tetradic

#8CBCD5 #CA8CD5 #D5A58C #98D58C

square

#8CBCD5 #CA8CD5 #D5A58C #98D58C

split-complementary

#8CBCD5 #D58C98 #D5CA8C

monochromatic

#3E84A9 #5FA2C5 #8CBCD5 #B9D6E5 #E6F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#8CBCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#8CBCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBCD5

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBCD5	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 188, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.062 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d0e2',
    500: '#8cbcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbcd5;
$custom-light: #b0d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.548,
    "s": 46.497,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76995,
    "c": 0.06201,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBCD5

secondary

#E9DBD4

accent

#5C2CBA

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBCD5

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

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