#8CB1EA#8CB1EA

#8CB1EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.092 H 258.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB1EA
RGB	rgb(140, 177, 234)
HSL	hsl(216, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(216, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 24.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, 1.70, -32.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 32.52, 272.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0178 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.092 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3839, 42.9580, 83.9371)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB1EA #EAC58C

analogous

#8CE0EA #8CB1EA #968CEA

triadic

#8CB1EA #EA8CB1 #B1EA8C

tetradic

#8CB1EA #EA8CE0 #EAC58C #8CEA96

square

#8CB1EA #EA8CE0 #EAC58C #8CEA96

split-complementary

#8CB1EA #EA968C #E0EA8C

monochromatic

#276BD5 #588EE1 #8CB1EA #C0D4F3 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#8CB1EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#8CB1EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB1EA

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB1EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB1EA	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BBDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb1ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 177, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.092 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c8f1',
    500: '#8cb1ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb1ea;
$custom-light: #b1c8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb1ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.383,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75479,
    "c": 0.09203,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB1EA

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8714D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB1EA

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

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