#8CB4ED#8CB4ED

#8CB4ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.093 H 257.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4ED
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 237)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(215, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 24.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, 0.85, -32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 32.69, 271.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0206 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.093 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4176, 44.3300, 86.4258)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4ED #EDC58C

analogous

#8CE4ED #8CB4ED #958CED

triadic

#8CB4ED #ED8CB4 #B4ED8C

tetradic

#8CB4ED #ED8CE4 #EDC58C #8CED95

square

#8CB4ED #ED8CE4 #EDC58C #8CED95

split-complementary

#8CB4ED #ED958C #E4ED8C

monochromatic

#226FDC #5791E5 #8CB4ED #C1D7F5 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#8CB4ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#8CB4ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4ED

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4ED	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AC0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.093 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1caf3',
    500: '#8cb4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4ed;
$custom-light: #b1caf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.258,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7624,
    "c": 0.09319,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4ED

secondary

#F3E8D8

accent

#8410D5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4ED

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

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