#8CBDED#8CBDED

#8CBDED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.086 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBDED
RGB	rgb(140, 189, 237)
HSL	hsl(210, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -4.06, -28.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 29.22, 262.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0316 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.086 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.2938, 48.0824, 87.0512)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBDED #EDBC8C

analogous

#8CEDED #8CBDED #8C8DED

triadic

#8CBDED #ED8CBD #BDED8C

tetradic

#8CBDED #ED8CED #EDBC8C #8DED8C

square

#8CBDED #ED8CED #EDBC8C #8DED8C

split-complementary

#8CBDED #ED8C8D #EDED8C

monochromatic

#2280DC #579FE5 #8CBDED #C1DBF5 #E5F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#8CBDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#8CBDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBDED

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBDED	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68C8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 189, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.086 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d0f3',
    500: '#8cbded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbded;
$custom-light: #b1d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.691,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78147,
    "c": 0.08625,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBDED

secondary

#F3E5D8

accent

#7210D5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111417

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBDED

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

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