#8CB2E2#8CB2E2

#8CB2E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.081 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB2E2
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 226)
HSL	hsl(213, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(213, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 21.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -0.99, -28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 28.19, 267.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0216 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.081 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4587, 42.9051, 78.0864)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB2E2 #E2BC8C

analogous

#8CDDE2 #8CB2E2 #918CE2

triadic

#8CB2E2 #E28CB2 #B2E28C

tetradic

#8CB2E2 #E28CDD #E2BC8C #8CE291

square

#8CB2E2 #E28CDD #E2BC8C #8CE291

split-complementary

#8CB2E2 #E2918C #DDE28C

monochromatic

#3171C3 #5B91D6 #8CB2E2 #BDD3EE #E7EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#8CB2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#8CB2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB2E2

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB2E2	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B4E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ABE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FBDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.081 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c8eb',
    500: '#8cb2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb2e2;
$custom-light: #b0c8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.488,
    "s": 59.722,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7535,
    "c": 0.08097,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB2E2

secondary

#F0E6DA

accent

#7D1EC7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB2E2

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

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