#8CB4E3#8CB4E3

#8CB4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.081 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4E3
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(212, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -1.83, -27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 27.89, 266.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0238 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.081 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9972, 43.7618, 78.9448)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4E3 #E3BB8C

analogous

#8CDFE3 #8CB4E3 #908CE3

triadic

#8CB4E3 #E38CB4 #B4E38C

tetradic

#8CB4E3 #E38CDF #E3BB8C #8CE390

square

#8CB4E3 #E38CDF #E3BB8C #8CE390

split-complementary

#8CB4E3 #E3908C #DFE38C

monochromatic

#3074C5 #5B94D7 #8CB4E3 #BDD4EF #E6EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8CB4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#8CB4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4E3

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4E3	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ADE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EBEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.081 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0caec',
    500: '#8cb4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4e3;
$custom-light: #b0caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.414,
    "s": 60.839,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75817,
    "c": 0.08064,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4E3

secondary

#F0E6DA

accent

#7A1DC9

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4E3

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

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