#8CBDEC#8CBDEC

#8CBDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.085 H 247.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBDEC
RGB	rgb(140, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(209, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(209, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -4.33, -28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 28.78, 261.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.032 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.085 247.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.1482, 48.0242, 86.2839)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBDEC #ECBB8C

analogous

#8CECEB #8CBDEC #8C8DEC

triadic

#8CBDEC #EC8CBD #BDEC8C

tetradic

#8CBDEC #EB8CEC #ECBB8C #8DEC8C

square

#8CBDEC #EB8CEC #ECBB8C #8DEC8C

split-complementary

#8CBDEC #EC8C8D #ECEB8C

monochromatic

#2481DA #579FE3 #8CBDEC #C1DBF5 #E5F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#8CBDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#8CBDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBDEC

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBDEC	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69C8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.085 247.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d0f2',
    500: '#8cbdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbdec;
$custom-light: #b1d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.375,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78106,
    "c": 0.08509,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBDEC

secondary

#F2E5D9

accent

#7112D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111417

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBDEC

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

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