#8CBCD9#8CBCD9

#8CBCD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.066 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBCD9
RGB	rgb(140, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(203, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(203, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -8.73, -19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 21.45, 245.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0373 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.066 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3188, 46.5494, 72.4400)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBCD9 #D9A98C

analogous

#8CD9CF #8CBCD9 #8C96D9

triadic

#8CBCD9 #D98CBC #BCD98C

tetradic

#8CBCD9 #CF8CD9 #D9A98C #96D98C

square

#8CBCD9 #CF8CD9 #D9A98C #96D98C

split-complementary

#8CBCD9 #D98C96 #D9CF8C

monochromatic

#3A84B0 #5EA1CA #8CBCD9 #BAD7E8 #E8F2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#8CBCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#8CBCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBCD9

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBCD9	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBBDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.066 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d0e4',
    500: '#8cbcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbcd9;
$custom-light: #b0d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.597,
    "s": 50.327,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77144,
    "c": 0.06554,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBCD9

secondary

#EBDED6

accent

#6028BE

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBCD9

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

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