#8CB5EC#8CB5EC

#8CB5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.091 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB5EC
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 236)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(214, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 23.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, 0.03, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 31.78, 270.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0221 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.091 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4745, 44.6769, 85.7260)
Luminance	0.4468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB5EC #ECC38C

analogous

#8CE5EC #8CB5EC #938CEC

triadic

#8CB5EC #EC8CB5 #B5EC8C

tetradic

#8CB5EC #EC8CE5 #ECC38C #8CEC93

square

#8CB5EC #EC8CE5 #ECC38C #8CEC93

split-complementary

#8CB5EC #EC938C #E5EC8C

monochromatic

#2472DA #5793E3 #8CB5EC #C1D7F5 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#8CB5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#8CB5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB5EC

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB5EC	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AC1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.091 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cbf2',
    500: '#8cb5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb5ec;
$custom-light: #b1cbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.375,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76408,
    "c": 0.09105,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB5EC

secondary

#F2E7D9

accent

#8112D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB5EC

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

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