#8CBCD8#8CBCD8

#8CBCD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.065 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBCD8
RGB	rgb(140, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(202, 49%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(202, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -8.99, -19.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 21.11, 244.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0377 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.065 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1891, 46.4975, 71.7570)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBCD8 #D8A88C

analogous

#8CD8CE #8CBCD8 #8C96D8

triadic

#8CBCD8 #D88CBC #BCD88C

tetradic

#8CBCD8 #CE8CD8 #D8A88C #96D88C

square

#8CBCD8 #CE8CD8 #D8A88C #96D88C

split-complementary

#8CBCD8 #D88C96 #D8CE8C

monochromatic

#3B84AE #5EA1C9 #8CBCD8 #BAD7E7 #E7F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#8CBCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#8CBCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBCD8

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBCD8	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.065 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d0e4',
    500: '#8cbcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbcd8;
$custom-light: #b0d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.105,
    "s": 49.351,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77107,
    "c": 0.06463,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBCD8

secondary

#EBDDD5

accent

#5F29BD

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBCD8

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

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