#8CB3EE#8CB3EE

#8CB3EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.095 H 258.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB3EE
RGB	rgb(140, 179, 238)
HSL	hsl(216, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 24.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, 1.68, -33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 33.62, 272.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.019 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.095 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3630, 43.9863, 87.1303)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB3EE #EEC78C

analogous

#8CE4EE #8CB3EE #968CEE

triadic

#8CB3EE #EE8CB3 #B3EE8C

tetradic

#8CB3EE #EE8CE4 #EEC78C #8CEE96

square

#8CB3EE #EE8CE4 #EEC78C #8CEE96

split-complementary

#8CB3EE #EE968C #E4EE8C

monochromatic

#216DDE #5790E6 #8CB3EE #C1D6F6 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#8CB3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#8CB3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB3EE

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB3EE	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ADED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69C0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 179, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.095 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c9f3',
    500: '#8cb3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb3ee;
$custom-light: #b1c9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.122,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76073,
    "c": 0.09538,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB3EE

secondary

#F3E8D8

accent

#870FD6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB3EE

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

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