#8CBCD7#8CBCD7

#8CBCD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.064 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBCD7
RGB	rgb(140, 188, 215)
HSL	hsl(202, 48%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(202, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -9.24, -18.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 20.78, 243.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0381 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.064 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0602, 46.4460, 71.0782)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBCD7 #D7A78C

analogous

#8CD7CD #8CBCD7 #8C97D7

triadic

#8CBCD7 #D78CBC #BCD78C

tetradic

#8CBCD7 #CD8CD7 #D7A78C #97D78C

square

#8CBCD7 #CD8CD7 #D7A78C #97D78C

split-complementary

#8CBCD7 #D78C97 #D7CD8C

monochromatic

#3C84AD #5FA2C7 #8CBCD7 #B9D6E7 #E7F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#8CBCD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#8CBCD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBCD7

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBCD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBCD7	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBAD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbcd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 188, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.064 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d0e3',
    500: '#8cbcd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbcd7;
$custom-light: #b0d0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbcd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.6,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77069,
    "c": 0.06374,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBCD7

secondary

#EADCD5

accent

#5E2ABC

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBCD7

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

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