#8CBCDC#8CBCDC

#8CBCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.068 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBCDC
RGB	rgb(140, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(204, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -7.97, -21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 22.53, 249.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0363 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.068 238)
XYZ	xyz(41.7125, 46.7069, 74.5137)
Luminance	0.4671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBCDC #DCAC8C

analogous

#8CDCD4 #8CBCDC #8C94DC

triadic

#8CBCDC #DC8CBC #BCDC8C

tetradic

#8CBCDC #D48CDC #DCAC8C #94DC8C

square

#8CBCDC #D48CDC #DCAC8C #94DC8C

split-complementary

#8CBCDC #DC8C94 #DCD48C

monochromatic

#3783B6 #5DA1CE #8CBCDC #BBD7EA #E8F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#8CBCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#8CBCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBCDC

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBCDC	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.068 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d0e7',
    500: '#8cbcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbcdc;
$custom-light: #b0d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77258,
    "c": 0.0684,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.46709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBCDC

secondary

#EDE0D7

accent

#6325C1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBCDC

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

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