#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
RGBrgb(140, 180, 237)
HSLhsl(215, 73%, 74%)
HSVhsv(215, 41%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(40.9%, 24.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(72.45, 0.85, -32.68)
CIE-LCHlch(72.45, 32.69, 271.49°)
OKLaboklab(76.24% -0.0206 -0.0909)
OKLCHoklch(76.24% 0.093 257.2)
XYZxyz(42.4176, 44.3300, 86.4258)
Luminance0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8CB4ED1.002.139.879.87
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8721.001.001.00
##0000009.8721.001.001.00

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

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#8CB4ED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva