#8CB3EC#8CB3EC

#8CB3EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.093 H 257.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB3EC
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 236)
HSL	hsl(216, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 24.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, 1.13, -32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 32.63, 271.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0196 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.093 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0708, 43.8694, 85.5915)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB3EC #ECC58C

analogous

#8CE3EC #8CB3EC #958CEC

triadic

#8CB3EC #EC8CB3 #B3EC8C

tetradic

#8CB3EC #EC8CE3 #ECC58C #8CEC95

square

#8CB3EC #EC8CE3 #ECC58C #8CEC95

split-complementary

#8CB3EC #EC958C #E3EC8C

monochromatic

#246EDA #5790E3 #8CB3EC #C1D6F5 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8CB3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#8CB3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB3EC

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB3EC	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ABFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.093 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c9f2',
    500: '#8cb3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb3ec;
$custom-light: #b1c9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.625,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75986,
    "c": 0.09279,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB3EC

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8512D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB3EC

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

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