#8CB4EA#8CB4EA

#8CB4EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.089 H 256.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4EA
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 234)
HSL	hsl(214, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(214, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 23.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, 0.04, -31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 31.23, 270.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0215 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.089 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9830, 44.1562, 84.1368)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4EA #EAC28C

analogous

#8CE3EA #8CB4EA #938CEA

triadic

#8CB4EA #EA8CB4 #B4EA8C

tetradic

#8CB4EA #EA8CE3 #EAC28C #8CEA93

square

#8CB4EA #EA8CE3 #EAC28C #8CEA93

split-complementary

#8CB4EA #EA938C #E3EA8C

monochromatic

#2771D5 #5892E1 #8CB4EA #C0D6F3 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#8CB4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#8CB4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4EA

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4EA	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ADE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BC0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.089 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1caf1',
    500: '#8cb4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4ea;
$custom-light: #b1caf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.468,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76111,
    "c": 0.08938,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4EA

secondary

#F2E7D9

accent

#8114D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4EA

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

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