#8CBDD4#8CBDD4

#8CBDD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.061 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBDD4
RGB	rgb(140, 189, 212)
HSL	hsl(199, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, -10.52, -16.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 19.75, 237.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0405 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.061 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8926, 46.7219, 69.1381)
Luminance	0.4672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBDD4 #D4A38C

analogous

#8CD4C7 #8CBDD4 #8C99D4

triadic

#8CBDD4 #D48CBD #BDD48C

tetradic

#8CBDD4 #C78CD4 #D4A38C #99D48C

square

#8CBDD4 #C78CD4 #D4A38C #99D48C

split-complementary

#8CBDD4 #D48C99 #D4C78C

monochromatic

#3E86A7 #5FA3C3 #8CBDD4 #B9D7E5 #E5F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#8CBDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#8CBDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBDD4

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBDD4	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)

#B1BBD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 189, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.061 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d0e1',
    500: '#8cbdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbdd4;
$custom-light: #b0d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.167,
    "s": 45.57,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77177,
    "c": 0.06113,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBDD4

secondary

#E8DAD3

accent

#592DB9

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBDD4

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

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