#8CBCD6#8CBCD6

#8CBCD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.063 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBCD6
RGB	rgb(140, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(201, 47%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(201, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -9.49, -18.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 20.45, 242.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0384 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.063 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9321, 46.3948, 70.4036)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBCD6 #D6A68C

analogous

#8CD6CB #8CBCD6 #8C97D6

triadic

#8CBCD6 #D68CBC #BCD68C

tetradic

#8CBCD6 #CB8CD6 #D6A68C #97D68C

square

#8CBCD6 #CB8CD6 #D6A68C #97D68C

split-complementary

#8CBCD6 #D68C97 #D6CB8C

monochromatic

#3D84AB #5FA2C6 #8CBCD6 #B9D6E6 #E6F1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#8CBCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#8CBCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBCD6

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBCD6	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BAD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.063 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d0e2',
    500: '#8cbcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbcd6;
$custom-light: #b0d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.081,
    "s": 47.436,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77032,
    "c": 0.06286,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBCD6

secondary

#EADCD4

accent

#5D2BBB

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBCD6

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

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