#8DB9DD#8DB9DD

#8DB9DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.070 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DB9DD
RGB	rgb(141, 185, 221)
HSL	hsl(207, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(207, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 16.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -5.83, -22.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 23.46, 255.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.0312 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.07 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3804, 45.5789, 75.0098)
Luminance	0.4558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DB9DD #DDB18D

analogous

#8DDDD9 #8DB9DD #8D91DD

triadic

#8DB9DD #DD8DB9 #B9DD8D

tetradic

#8DB9DD #D98DDD #DDB18D #91DD8D

square

#8DB9DD #D98DDD #DDB18D #91DD8D

split-complementary

#8DB9DD #DD8D91 #DDD98D

monochromatic

#377EB9 #5E9CCF #8DB9DD #BCD6EB #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#8DB9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#8DB9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DB9DD

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DB9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DB9DD	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8db9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 185, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.070 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cee7',
    500: '#8db9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8db9dd;
$custom-light: #b1cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8db9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76707,
    "c": 0.06995,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DB9DD

secondary

#EEE2D8

accent

#6B24C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DB9DD

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

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