#8DCBDD#8DCBDD

#8DCBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.068 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DCBDD
RGB	rgb(141, 203, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(194, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 8.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -15.32, -15.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 21.60, 224.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.0537 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.068 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3871, 53.5923, 76.3454)
Luminance	0.5360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DCBDD #DD9F8D

analogous

#8DDDC7 #8DCBDD #8DA3DD

triadic

#8DCBDD #DD8DCB #CBDD8D

tetradic

#8DCBDD #C78DDD #DD9F8D #A3DD8D

square

#8DCBDD #C78DDD #DD9F8D #A3DD8D

split-complementary

#8DCBDD #DD8DA3 #DDC78D

monochromatic

#379BB9 #5EB5CF #8DCBDD #BCE1EB #E7F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#8DCBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#8DCBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DCBDD

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DCBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DCBDD	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FD2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dcbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 203, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.068 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dbe7',
    500: '#8dcbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dcbdd;
$custom-light: #b1dbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dcbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.5,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8063,
    "c": 0.06802,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DCBDD

secondary

#B46E5A

accent

#4724C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DCBDD

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

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