#8CB2EE#8CB2EE

#8CB2EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.096 H 259.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB2EE
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 238)
HSL	hsl(217, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(217, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 25.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, 2.23, -33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 34.07, 273.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0178 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.096 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1633, 43.5869, 87.0638)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB2EE #EEC88C

analogous

#8CE3EE #8CB2EE #978CEE

triadic

#8CB2EE #EE8CB2 #B2EE8C

tetradic

#8CB2EE #EE8CE3 #EEC88C #8CEE97

square

#8CB2EE #EE8CE3 #EEC88C #8CEE97

split-complementary

#8CB2EE #EE978C #E3EE8C

monochromatic

#216BDE #578EE6 #8CB2EE #C1D6F6 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8CB2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#8CB2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB2EE

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB2EE	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ACED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69BFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.096 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c8f3',
    500: '#8cb2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb2ee;
$custom-light: #b1c8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.735,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75864,
    "c": 0.0963,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB2EE

secondary

#F3E8D8

accent

#890FD6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB2EE

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

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