#8CB2EF#8CB2EF

#8CB2EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.098 H 259.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB2EF
RGB	rgb(140, 178, 239)
HSL	hsl(217, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(217, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 25.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, 2.50, -34.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 34.56, 274.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0175 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.098 259.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3106, 43.6459, 87.8397)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB2EF #EFC98C

analogous

#8CE4EF #8CB2EF #988CEF

triadic

#8CB2EF #EF8CB2 #B2EF8C

tetradic

#8CB2EF #EF8CE4 #EFC98C #8CEF98

square

#8CB2EF #EF8CE4 #EFC98C #8CEF98

split-complementary

#8CB2EF #EF988C #E4EF8C

monochromatic

#216AE0 #568EE8 #8CB2EF #C2D6F6 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8CB2EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#8CB2EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB2EF

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB2EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB2EF	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB6F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ACEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69BFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 178, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.098 259.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c8f4',
    500: '#8cb2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb2ef;
$custom-light: #b1c8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.97,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75908,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB2EF

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#8A0ED8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB2EF

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

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