#8CB0EA#8CB0EA

#8CB0EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.093 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB0EA
RGB	rgb(140, 176, 234)
HSL	hsl(217, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(217, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 24.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, 2.25, -32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 32.97, 273.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0165 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.093 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1871, 42.5644, 83.8715)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB0EA #EAC68C

analogous

#8CDFEA #8CB0EA #978CEA

triadic

#8CB0EA #EA8CB0 #B0EA8C

tetradic

#8CB0EA #EA8CDF #EAC68C #8CEA97

square

#8CB0EA #EA8CDF #EAC68C #8CEA97

split-complementary

#8CB0EA #EA978C #DFEA8C

monochromatic

#2769D5 #588CE1 #8CB0EA #C0D4F3 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8CB0EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#8CB0EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB0EA

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB0EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB0EA	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CBCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb0ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 176, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.093 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c7f1',
    500: '#8cb0ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb0ea;
$custom-light: #b1c7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb0ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.021,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75269,
    "c": 0.09297,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB0EA

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8914D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB0EA

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

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