#8CB4E1#8CB4E1

#8CB4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.078 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4E1
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(212, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -2.35, -26.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 26.96, 264.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0244 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.078 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7228, 43.6521, 77.4995)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4E1 #E1B98C

analogous

#8CDFE1 #8CB4E1 #8F8CE1

triadic

#8CB4E1 #E18CB4 #B4E18C

tetradic

#8CB4E1 #E18CDF #E1B98C #8CE18F

square

#8CB4E1 #E18CDF #E1B98C #8CE18F

split-complementary

#8CB4E1 #E18F8C #DFE18C

monochromatic

#3275C0 #5B94D4 #8CB4E1 #BDD4EE #E7EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8CB4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#8CB4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4E1

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4E1	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)

#A3B5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ADE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FBEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.078 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0caea',
    500: '#8cb4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4e1;
$custom-light: #b0caea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.765,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75735,
    "c": 0.0782,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4E1

secondary

#EFE5D9

accent

#781FC6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4E1

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

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