#8CBDEF#8CBDEF

#8CBDEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.089 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBDEF
RGB	rgb(140, 189, 239)
HSL	hsl(210, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 20.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -3.53, -29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 30.11, 263.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.031 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.089 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5877, 48.2000, 88.5987)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBDEF #EFBE8C

analogous

#8CEFEF #8CBDEF #8D8CEF

triadic

#8CBDEF #EF8CBD #BDEF8C

tetradic

#8CBDEF #EF8CEF #EFBE8C #8CEF8D

square

#8CBDEF #EF8CEF #EFBE8C #8CEF8D

split-complementary

#8CBDEF #EF8D8C #EFEF8C

monochromatic

#217FE0 #569EE8 #8CBDEF #C2DCF6 #E4F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#8CBDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#8CBDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBDEF

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBDEF	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67C8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbdef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 189, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.089 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d0f4',
    500: '#8cbdef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbdef;
$custom-light: #b1d0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbdef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.303,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7823,
    "c": 0.08858,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBDEF

secondary

#F3E6D8

accent

#740ED8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111417

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBDEF

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

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