#8CBDDE#8CBDDE

#8CBDDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.070 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBDDE
RGB	rgb(140, 189, 222)
HSL	hsl(204, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(204, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 14.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -7.99, -21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 23.07, 249.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0368 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.07 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1933, 47.2422, 75.9885)
Luminance	0.4724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBDDE #DEAD8C

analogous

#8CDED6 #8CBDDE #8C94DE

triadic

#8CBDDE #DE8CBD #BDDE8C

tetradic

#8CBDDE #D68CDE #DEAD8C #94DE8C

square

#8CBDDE #D68CDE #DEAD8C #94DE8C

split-complementary

#8CBDDE #DE8C94 #DED68C

monochromatic

#3585BA #5CA2D0 #8CBDDE #BCD8EC #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#8CBDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#8CBDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBDDE

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBDDE	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBCE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FC5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 189, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.070 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d0e8',
    500: '#8cbdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbdde;
$custom-light: #b0d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.146,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77551,
    "c": 0.07004,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBDDE

secondary

#EEE1D8

accent

#6323C3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBDDE

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

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