#8CB4E4#8CB4E4

#8CB4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.082 H 253.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4E4
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(213, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(213, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -1.56, -28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 28.36, 266.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0234 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.082 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1356, 43.8172, 79.6738)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4E4 #E4BC8C

analogous

#8CE0E4 #8CB4E4 #908CE4

triadic

#8CB4E4 #E48CB4 #B4E48C

tetradic

#8CB4E4 #E48CE0 #E4BC8C #8CE490

square

#8CB4E4 #E48CE0 #E4BC8C #8CE490

split-complementary

#8CB4E4 #E4908C #E0E48C

monochromatic

#2F74C7 #5A94D8 #8CB4E4 #BED4F0 #E6EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8CB4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#8CB4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4E4

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4E4	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ADE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EBFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.082 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0caec',
    500: '#8cb4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4e4;
$custom-light: #b0caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 61.972,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75858,
    "c": 0.08188,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4E4

secondary

#F1E7DA

accent

#7B1CCA

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4E4

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

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