#8CB2EB#8CB2EB

#8CB2EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.092 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB2EB
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 235)
HSL	hsl(216, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 24.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, 1.41, -32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 32.58, 272.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0187 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.092 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7262, 43.4121, 84.7619)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB2EB #EBC58C

analogous

#8CE1EB #8CB2EB #958CEB

triadic

#8CB2EB #EB8CB2 #B2EB8C

tetradic

#8CB2EB #EB8CE1 #EBC58C #8CEB95

square

#8CB2EB #EB8CE1 #EBC58C #8CEB95

split-complementary

#8CB2EB #EB958C #E1EB8C

monochromatic

#256DD7 #588FE2 #8CB2EB #C0D5F4 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#8CB2EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#8CB2EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB2EB

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB2EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB2EB	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ACEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BBEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.092 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c8f1',
    500: '#8cb2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb2eb;
$custom-light: #b1c8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75733,
    "c": 0.09242,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB2EB

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8613D2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB2EB

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

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