#8CB2EA#8CB2EA

#8CB2EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.091 H 257.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB2EA
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 234)
HSL	hsl(216, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(216, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 23.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, 1.14, -32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 32.08, 272.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.019 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.091 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5822, 43.3545, 84.0031)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB2EA #EAC48C

analogous

#8CE1EA #8CB2EA #958CEA

triadic

#8CB2EA #EA8CB2 #B2EA8C

tetradic

#8CB2EA #EA8CE1 #EAC48C #8CEA95

square

#8CB2EA #EA8CE1 #EAC48C #8CEA95

split-complementary

#8CB2EA #EA958C #E1EA8C

monochromatic

#276DD5 #588FE1 #8CB2EA #C0D5F3 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#8CB2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#8CB2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB2EA

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB2EA	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ACE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BBEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.091 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c8f1',
    500: '#8cb2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb2ea;
$custom-light: #b1c8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.745,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75689,
    "c": 0.09113,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB2EA

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8514D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB2EA

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

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