#8CB4E7#8CB4E7

#8CB4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.086 H 254.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4E7
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(214, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(214, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -0.76, -29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 29.79, 268.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0225 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.086 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5557, 43.9852, 81.8861)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4E7 #E7BF8C

analogous

#8CE2E7 #8CB4E7 #918CE7

triadic

#8CB4E7 #E78CB4 #B4E78C

tetradic

#8CB4E7 #E78CE2 #E7BF8C #8CE791

square

#8CB4E7 #E78CE2 #E7BF8C #8CE791

split-complementary

#8CB4E7 #E7918C #E2E78C

monochromatic

#2B72CE #5993DC #8CB4E7 #BFD5F2 #E6EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#8CB4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#8CB4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4E7

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4E7	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CBFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.086 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1caee',
    500: '#8cb4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4e7;
$custom-light: #b1caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.626,
    "s": 65.468,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75984,
    "c": 0.0856,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4E7

secondary

#F1E7DA

accent

#7E18CD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4E7

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

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