#8CB4E5#8CB4E5

#8CB4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.083 H 253.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4E5
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(213, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(213, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -1.30, -28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 28.83, 267.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0231 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.083 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2748, 43.8729, 80.4070)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4E5 #E5BD8C

analogous

#8CE0E5 #8CB4E5 #918CE5

triadic

#8CB4E5 #E58CB4 #B4E58C

tetradic

#8CB4E5 #E58CE0 #E5BD8C #8CE591

square

#8CB4E5 #E58CE0 #E5BD8C #8CE591

split-complementary

#8CB4E5 #E5918C #E0E58C

monochromatic

#2D73C9 #5A93DA #8CB4E5 #BED5F0 #E6EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8CB4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#8CB4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4E5

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4E5	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ADE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DBFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.083 253.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0caed',
    500: '#8cb4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4e5;
$custom-light: #b0caed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.034,
    "s": 63.121,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.759,
    "c": 0.08311,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4E5

secondary

#F1E7DA

accent

#7C1BCB

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4E5

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

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