#8CB2EC#8CB2EC

#8CB2EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.094 H 258.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB2EC
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 236)
HSL	hsl(216, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 24.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, 1.69, -33.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 33.07, 272.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0184 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.094 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8711, 43.4701, 85.5249)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB2EC #ECC68C

analogous

#8CE2EC #8CB2EC #968CEC

triadic

#8CB2EC #EC8CB2 #B2EC8C

tetradic

#8CB2EC #EC8CE2 #ECC68C #8CEC96

square

#8CB2EC #EC8CE2 #ECC68C #8CEC96

split-complementary

#8CB2EC #EC968C #E2EC8C

monochromatic

#246CDA #578FE3 #8CB2EC #C1D5F5 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#8CB2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#8CB2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB2EC

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB2EC	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ABEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.094 258.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c8f2',
    500: '#8cb2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb2ec;
$custom-light: #b1c8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.25,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75776,
    "c": 0.09371,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB2EC

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8712D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB2EC

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

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