#8CB4E9#8CB4E9

#8CB4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.088 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4E9
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(214, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(214, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -0.23, -30.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 30.75, 269.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0218 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.088 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8398, 44.0989, 83.3823)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4E9 #E9C18C

analogous

#8CE2E9 #8CB4E9 #928CE9

triadic

#8CB4E9 #E98CB4 #B4E98C

tetradic

#8CB4E9 #E98CE2 #E9C18C #8CE992

square

#8CB4E9 #E98CE2 #E9C18C #8CE992

split-complementary

#8CB4E9 #E9928C #E2E98C

monochromatic

#2871D2 #5992DF #8CB4E9 #BFD6F3 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#8CB4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#8CB4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4E9

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4E9	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CC0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.088 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1caf0',
    500: '#8cb4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4e9;
$custom-light: #b1caf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.194,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76068,
    "c": 0.08811,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4E9

secondary

#F2E7D9

accent

#8016D0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4E9

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

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