#8CB0EE#8CB0EE

#8CB0EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.098 H 261.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB0EE
RGB	rgb(140, 176, 238)
HSL	hsl(218, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(218, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 26.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, 3.34, -34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 34.98, 275.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0153 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.098 261)
XYZ	xyz(41.7683, 42.7969, 86.9321)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB0EE #EECA8C

analogous

#8CE1EE #8CB0EE #998CEE

triadic

#8CB0EE #EE8CB0 #B0EE8C

tetradic

#8CB0EE #EE8CE1 #EECA8C #8CEE99

square

#8CB0EE #EE8CE1 #EECA8C #8CEE99

split-complementary

#8CB0EE #EE998C #E1EE8C

monochromatic

#2167DE #578BE6 #8CB0EE #C1D5F6 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#8CB0EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#8CB0EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB0EE

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB0EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB0EE	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FABED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ABDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb0ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 176, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.098 261.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c7f3',
    500: '#8cb0ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb0ee;
$custom-light: #b1c7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb0ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.959,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75446,
    "c": 0.09823,
    "h": 261
  },
  "luminance": 0.42799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB0EE

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#8D0FD6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB0EE

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

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