#8CB3EA#8CB3EA

#8CB3EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.090 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB3EA
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 234)
HSL	hsl(215, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(215, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 23.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, 0.59, -31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 31.65, 271.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0203 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.09 257)
XYZ	xyz(41.7819, 43.7539, 84.0697)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB3EA #EAC38C

analogous

#8CE2EA #8CB3EA #948CEA

triadic

#8CB3EA #EA8CB3 #B3EA8C

tetradic

#8CB3EA #EA8CE2 #EAC38C #8CEA94

square

#8CB3EA #EA8CE2 #EAC38C #8CEA94

split-complementary

#8CB3EA #EA948C #E2EA8C

monochromatic

#276FD5 #5891E1 #8CB3EA #C0D5F3 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8CB3EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#8CB3EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB3EA

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB3EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB3EA	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BBFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb3ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.090 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c9f1',
    500: '#8cb3ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb3ea;
$custom-light: #b1c9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb3ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.106,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.759,
    "c": 0.09024,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.43756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB3EA

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8314D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB3EA

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

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