#8CB5EE#8CB5EE

#8CB5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.094 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB5EE
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 238)
HSL	hsl(215, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(215, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 23.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, 0.57, -32.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 32.75, 271.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0215 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.094 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7667, 44.7938, 87.2649)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB5EE #EEC58C

analogous

#8CE6EE #8CB5EE #948CEE

triadic

#8CB5EE #EE8CB5 #B5EE8C

tetradic

#8CB5EE #EE8CE6 #EEC58C #8CEE94

square

#8CB5EE #EE8CE6 #EEC58C #8CEE94

split-complementary

#8CB5EE #EE948C #E6EE8C

monochromatic

#2170DE #5793E6 #8CB5EE #C1D7F6 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#8CB5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#8CB5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB5EE

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB5EE	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)

#A0B8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69C1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.094 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cbf3',
    500: '#8cb5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb5ee;
$custom-light: #b1cbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.898,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76494,
    "c": 0.09359,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB5EE

secondary

#F3E8D8

accent

#830FD6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB5EE

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

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