#8DB8CD#8DB8CD

#8DB8CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.055 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DB8CD
RGB	rgb(141, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(200, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(200, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -9.31, -15.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 17.85, 238.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0357 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.055 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1410, 44.3496, 64.2437)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DB8CD #CDA28D

analogous

#8DCDC2 #8DB8CD #8D98CD

triadic

#8DB8CD #CD8DB8 #B8CD8D

tetradic

#8DB8CD #C28DCD #CDA28D #98CD8D

square

#8DB8CD #C28DCD #CDA28D #98CD8D

split-complementary

#8DB8CD #CD8D98 #CDC28D

monochromatic

#447F9B #629EBA #8DB8CD #B8D2E0 #E2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#8DB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#8DB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DB8CD

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DB8CD	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8db8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.055 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cddc',
    500: '#8db8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8db8cd;
$custom-light: #b0cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8db8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.688,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7589,
    "c": 0.05489,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DB8CD

secondary

#E5D8D1

accent

#5D33B2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F9FB

border

#CFD2D4

text

#111315

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DB8CD

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

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