#8DB5DD#8DB5DD

#8DB5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.072 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DB5DD
RGB	rgb(141, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(210, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(210, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -3.67, -24.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 24.66, 261.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0261 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.072 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5554, 43.9289, 74.7348)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DB5DD #DDB58D

analogous

#8DDDDD #8DB5DD #8D8DDD

triadic

#8DB5DD #DD8DB5 #B5DD8D

tetradic

#8DB5DD #DD8DDD #DDB58D #8DDD8D

square

#8DB5DD #DD8DDD #DDB58D #8DDD8D

split-complementary

#8DB5DD #DD8D8D #DDDD8D

monochromatic

#3778B9 #5E96CF #8DB5DD #BCD4EB #E7F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8DB5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#8DB5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DB5DD

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DB5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DB5DD	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8db5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.072 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cbe7',
    500: '#8db5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8db5dd;
$custom-light: #b1cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8db5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75848,
    "c": 0.07217,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DB5DD

secondary

#EEE3D8

accent

#7324C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DB5DD

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

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