#8CB4F5#8CB4F5

#8CB4F5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.104 H 259.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4F5
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 245)
HSL	hsl(217, 84%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(217, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 26.5%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, 3.04, -36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 36.65, 274.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.0182 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.104 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.6126, 44.8080, 92.7192)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4F5 #F5CD8C

analogous

#8CE8F5 #8CB4F5 #988CF5

triadic

#8CB4F5 #F58CB4 #B4F58C

tetradic

#8CB4F5 #F58CE8 #F5CD8C #8CF598

square

#8CB4F5 #F58CE8 #F5CD8C #8CF598

split-complementary

#8CB4F5 #F5988C #E8F58C

monochromatic

#1B6BEB #548FF0 #8CB4F5 #C4D9FA #E3EDFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#8CB4F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#8CB4F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4F5

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4F5	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB8F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AEF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65C2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.104 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1caf8',
    500: '#8cb4f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4f5;
$custom-light: #b1caf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.143,
    "s": 84,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76592,
    "c": 0.10352,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4F5

secondary

#F4E9D7

accent

#8D05E0

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4F5

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

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