#8DB5CD#8DB5CD

#8DB5CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.055 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DB5CD
RGB	rgb(141, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(203, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -7.70, -16.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 18.19, 244.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0318 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.055 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5244, 43.1165, 64.0382)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DB5CD #CDA58D

analogous

#8DCDC5 #8DB5CD #8D95CD

triadic

#8DB5CD #CD8DB5 #B5CD8D

tetradic

#8DB5CD #C58DCD #CDA58D #95CD8D

square

#8DB5CD #C58DCD #CDA58D #95CD8D

split-complementary

#8DB5CD #CD8D95 #CDC58D

monochromatic

#447B9B #6299BA #8DB5CD #B8D1E0 #E2ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#8DB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#8DB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DB5CD

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DB5CD	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8db5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.055 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cbdc',
    500: '#8db5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8db5cd;
$custom-light: #b0cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8db5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75235,
    "c": 0.05521,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DB5CD

secondary

#E5D8D1

accent

#6333B2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DB5CD

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

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