#8CB4E6#8CB4E6

#8CB4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.084 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4E6
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(213, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(213, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -1.03, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 29.31, 267.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0228 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.084 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4148, 43.9289, 81.1445)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4E6 #E6BE8C

analogous

#8CE1E6 #8CB4E6 #918CE6

triadic

#8CB4E6 #E68CB4 #B4E68C

tetradic

#8CB4E6 #E68CE1 #E6BE8C #8CE691

square

#8CB4E6 #E68CE1 #E6BE8C #8CE691

split-complementary

#8CB4E6 #E6918C #E1E68C

monochromatic

#2C73CB #5A93DB #8CB4E6 #BED5F1 #E6EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8CB4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#8CB4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4E6

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4E6	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B6E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ADE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DBFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.084 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0caee',
    500: '#8cb4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4e6;
$custom-light: #b0caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75942,
    "c": 0.08436,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4E6

secondary

#F1E7DA

accent

#7D19CC

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4E6

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

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