#8CBDEB#8CBDEB

#8CBDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.084 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBDEB
RGB	rgb(140, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(209, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(209, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -4.60, -27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 28.35, 260.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0323 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.084 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0033, 47.9662, 85.5209)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBDEB #EBBA8C

analogous

#8CEBEA #8CBDEB #8C8DEB

triadic

#8CBDEB #EB8CBD #BDEB8C

tetradic

#8CBDEB #EA8CEB #EBBA8C #8DEB8C

square

#8CBDEB #EA8CEB #EBBA8C #8DEB8C

split-complementary

#8CBDEB #EB8C8D #EBEA8C

monochromatic

#2581D7 #589FE2 #8CBDEB #C0DBF4 #E5F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#8CBDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#8CBDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBDEB

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBDEB	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69C8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.084 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d0f1',
    500: '#8cbdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbdeb;
$custom-light: #b1d0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.053,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78065,
    "c": 0.08395,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBDEB

secondary

#F2E5D9

accent

#7013D2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBDEB

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

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