#8CB4EB#8CB4EB

#8CB4EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.091 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4EB
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 235)
HSL	hsl(215, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(215, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 23.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, 0.31, -31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 31.72, 270.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0212 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.091 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1271, 44.2138, 84.8955)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4EB #EBC38C

analogous

#8CE3EB #8CB4EB #938CEB

triadic

#8CB4EB #EB8CB4 #B4EB8C

tetradic

#8CB4EB #EB8CE3 #EBC38C #8CEB93

square

#8CB4EB #EB8CE3 #EBC38C #8CEB93

split-complementary

#8CB4EB #EB938C #E3EB8C

monochromatic

#2570D7 #5892E2 #8CB4EB #C0D6F4 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#8CB4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#8CB4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4EB

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4EB	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ADEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BC0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.091 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1caf1',
    500: '#8cb4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4eb;
$custom-light: #b1caf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.737,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76154,
    "c": 0.09064,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4EB

secondary

#F2E7D9

accent

#8213D2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4EB

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

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