#8CB0EF#8CB0EF

#8CB0EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.100 H 261.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB0EF
RGB	rgb(140, 176, 239)
HSL	hsl(218, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(218, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 26.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, 3.61, -35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 35.49, 275.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.015 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.1 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9156, 42.8558, 87.7080)
Luminance	0.4286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB0EF #EFCB8C

analogous

#8CE2EF #8CB0EF #9A8CEF

triadic

#8CB0EF #EF8CB0 #B0EF8C

tetradic

#8CB0EF #EF8CE2 #EFCB8C #8CEF9A

square

#8CB0EF #EF8CE2 #EFCB8C #8CEF9A

split-complementary

#8CB0EF #EF9A8C #E2EF8C

monochromatic

#2166E0 #568BE8 #8CB0EF #C2D5F6 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#8CB0EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#8CB0EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB0EF

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB0EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB0EF	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B4F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FABEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69BDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb0ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 176, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.100 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c7f4',
    500: '#8cb0ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb0ef;
$custom-light: #b1c7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb0ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7549,
    "c": 0.09954,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB0EF

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#8E0ED8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB0EF

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

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