#8CB4E8#8CB4E8

#8CB4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.087 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4E8
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 232)
HSL	hsl(214, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(214, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 22.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -0.49, -30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 30.27, 269.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0221 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.087 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6973, 44.0419, 82.6321)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4E8 #E8C08C

analogous

#8CE2E8 #8CB4E8 #928CE8

triadic

#8CB4E8 #E88CB4 #B4E88C

tetradic

#8CB4E8 #E88CE2 #E8C08C #8CE892

square

#8CB4E8 #E88CE2 #E8C08C #8CE892

split-complementary

#8CB4E8 #E8928C #E2E88C

monochromatic

#2A72D0 #5993DE #8CB4E8 #BFD5F2 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#8CB4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#8CB4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4E8

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4E8	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CBFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.087 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1caef',
    500: '#8cb4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4e8;
$custom-light: #b1caef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.913,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76026,
    "c": 0.08685,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4E8

secondary

#F1E7DA

accent

#7F17CF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4E8

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

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