#8CBEDD#8CBEDD

#8CBEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.069 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBEDD
RGB	rgb(140, 190, 221)
HSL	hsl(203, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(203, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 14%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, -8.78, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 22.51, 247.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0384 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.069 236)
XYZ	xyz(42.2755, 47.6205, 75.3567)
Luminance	0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBEDD #DDAB8C

analogous

#8CDDD3 #8CBEDD #8C95DD

triadic

#8CBEDD #DD8CBE #BEDD8C

tetradic

#8CBEDD #D38CDD #DDAB8C #95DD8C

square

#8CBEDD #D38CDD #DDAB8C #95DD8C

split-complementary

#8CBEDD #DD8C95 #DDD38C

monochromatic

#3687B8 #5DA3CF #8CBEDD #BBD9EB #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#8CBEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#8CBEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBEDD

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBEDD	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FC6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 190, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.069 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d1e7',
    500: '#8cbedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbedd;
$custom-light: #b0d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.963,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7773,
    "c": 0.06877,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.47623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBEDD

secondary

#EDE0D8

accent

#6024C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBEDD

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

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