#8CB4E2#8CB4E2

#8CB4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.079 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4E2
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(212, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -2.09, -27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 27.42, 265.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0241 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.079 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8596, 43.7068, 78.2200)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4E2 #E2BA8C

analogous

#8CDFE2 #8CB4E2 #8F8CE2

triadic

#8CB4E2 #E28CB4 #B4E28C

tetradic

#8CB4E2 #E28CDF #E2BA8C #8CE28F

square

#8CB4E2 #E28CDF #E2BA8C #8CE28F

split-complementary

#8CB4E2 #E28F8C #DFE28C

monochromatic

#3175C3 #5B94D6 #8CB4E2 #BDD4EE #E7EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8CB4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#8CB4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4E2

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4E2	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ADE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FBEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.079 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0caeb',
    500: '#8cb4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4e2;
$custom-light: #b0caeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.093,
    "s": 59.722,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75776,
    "c": 0.07942,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4E2

secondary

#F0E6DA

accent

#791EC7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4E2

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

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