#8CB5EA#8CB5EA

#8CB5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.089 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB5EA
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 234)
HSL	hsl(214, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(214, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 22.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -0.51, -30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 30.82, 269.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0228 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.089 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1856, 44.5614, 84.2043)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB5EA #EAC18C

analogous

#8CE4EA #8CB5EA #928CEA

triadic

#8CB5EA #EA8CB5 #B5EA8C

tetradic

#8CB5EA #EA8CE4 #EAC18C #8CEA92

square

#8CB5EA #EA8CE4 #EAC18C #8CEA92

split-complementary

#8CB5EA #EA928C #E4EA8C

monochromatic

#2773D5 #5894E1 #8CB5EA #C0D6F3 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#8CB5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#8CB5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB5EA

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB5EA	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BC1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.089 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cbf1',
    500: '#8cb5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb5ea;
$custom-light: #b1cbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.83,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76322,
    "c": 0.08854,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB5EA

secondary

#F2E7D9

accent

#7F14D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB5EA

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

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