#8CB5EB#8CB5EB

#8CB5EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.090 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB5EB
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 235)
HSL	hsl(214, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(214, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 23%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -0.24, -31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 31.30, 269.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% -0.0224 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.09 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3297, 44.6190, 84.9630)
Luminance	0.4462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB5EB #EBC28C

analogous

#8CE4EB #8CB5EB #928CEB

triadic

#8CB5EB #EB8CB5 #B5EB8C

tetradic

#8CB5EB #EB8CE4 #EBC28C #8CEB92

square

#8CB5EB #EB8CE4 #EBC28C #8CEB92

split-complementary

#8CB5EB #EB928C #E4EB8C

monochromatic

#2572D7 #5893E2 #8CB5EB #C0D7F4 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#8CB5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#8CB5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB5EB

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB5EB	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AC1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.090 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cbf1',
    500: '#8cb5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb5eb;
$custom-light: #b1cbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.105,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76365,
    "c": 0.08979,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB5EB

secondary

#F2E7D9

accent

#8013D2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB5EB

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

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