#8CBDDD#8CBDDD

#8CBDDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.069 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBDDD
RGB	rgb(140, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(204, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -8.25, -21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 22.70, 248.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.0372 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.069 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0597, 47.1888, 75.2847)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBDDD #DDAC8C

analogous

#8CDDD4 #8CBDDD #8C94DD

triadic

#8CBDDD #DD8CBD #BDDD8C

tetradic

#8CBDDD #D48CDD #DDAC8C #94DD8C

square

#8CBDDD #D48CDD #DDAC8C #94DD8C

split-complementary

#8CBDDD #DD8C94 #DDD48C

monochromatic

#3685B8 #5DA2CF #8CBDDD #BBD8EB #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#8CBDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#8CBDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBDDD

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBDDD	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.069 237.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.704,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77513,
    "c": 0.06906,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBDDD

secondary

#EDE0D8

accent

#6224C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBDDD

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

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