#8CB5F5#8CB5F5

#8CB5F5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.103 H 259.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB5F5
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 245)
HSL	hsl(217, 84%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(217, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 26.1%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, 2.49, -36.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 36.20, 273.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0194 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.103 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8152, 45.2132, 92.7868)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB5F5 #F5CC8C

analogous

#8CEAF5 #8CB5F5 #978CF5

triadic

#8CB5F5 #F58CB5 #B5F58C

tetradic

#8CB5F5 #F58CEA #F5CC8C #8CF597

square

#8CB5F5 #F58CEA #F5CC8C #8CF597

split-complementary

#8CB5F5 #F5978C #EAF58C

monochromatic

#1B6DEB #5491F0 #8CB5F5 #C4D9FA #E3EDFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#8CB5F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#8CB5F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB5F5

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB5F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB5F5	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB9F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AFF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65C3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb5f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.103 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2cbf8',
    500: '#8cb5f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb5f5;
$custom-light: #b2cbf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb5f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.571,
    "s": 84,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76801,
    "c": 0.10257,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB5F5

secondary

#F4E9D7

accent

#8B05E0

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB5F5

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

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