#8CB4E0#8CB4E0

#8CB4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.077 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4E0
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 224)
HSL	hsl(211, 58%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(211, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -2.61, -26.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 26.49, 264.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0248 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.077 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5868, 43.5977, 76.7832)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4E0 #E0B88C

analogous

#8CDEE0 #8CB4E0 #8E8CE0

triadic

#8CB4E0 #E08CB4 #B4E08C

tetradic

#8CB4E0 #E08CDE #E0B88C #8CE08E

square

#8CB4E0 #E08CDE #E0B88C #8CE08E

split-complementary

#8CB4E0 #E08E8C #DEE08C

monochromatic

#3375BE #5C95D3 #8CB4E0 #BCD3ED #E7EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8CB4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#8CB4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4E0

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4E0	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)

#A3B5E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ADDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.077 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cae9',
    500: '#8cb4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4e0;
$custom-light: #b0cae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.429,
    "s": 57.534,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75694,
    "c": 0.077,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4E0

secondary

#EFE4D9

accent

#7720C5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4E0

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

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