#8CBDEA#8CBDEA

#8CBDEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.083 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBDEA
RGB	rgb(140, 189, 234)
HSL	hsl(209, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(209, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 19.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -4.86, -27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 27.91, 259.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0326 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.083 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8592, 47.9086, 84.7622)
Luminance	0.4791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBDEA #EAB98C

analogous

#8CEAE8 #8CBDEA #8C8EEA

triadic

#8CBDEA #EA8CBD #BDEA8C

tetradic

#8CBDEA #E88CEA #EAB98C #8EEA8C

square

#8CBDEA #E88CEA #EAB98C #8EEA8C

split-complementary

#8CBDEA #EA8C8E #EAE88C

monochromatic

#2782D5 #589FE1 #8CBDEA #C0DBF3 #E5F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#8CBDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#8CBDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBDEA

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBDEA	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBDEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AC8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbdea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 189, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.083 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d0f0',
    500: '#8cbdea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbdea;
$custom-light: #b1d0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbdea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.723,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78025,
    "c": 0.08281,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBDEA

secondary

#F2E5D9

accent

#6F14D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBDEA

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

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