#8CB5FE#8CB5FE

#8CB5FE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.114 H 261.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB5FE
RGB	rgb(140, 181, 254)
HSL	hsl(218, 98%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(218, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 28.7%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, 4.99, -40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 40.70, 277.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0168 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.114 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2227, 45.7762, 100.1995)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB5FE #FED58C

analogous

#8CEEFE #8CB5FE #9C8CFE

triadic

#8CB5FE #FE8CB5 #B5FE8C

tetradic

#8CB5FE #FE8CEE #FED58C #8CFE9C

square

#8CB5FE #FE8CEE #FED58C #8CFE9C

split-complementary

#8CB5FE #FE9C8C #EEFE8C

monochromatic

#1367FD #4F8EFD #8CB5FE #C9DCFF #E1EBFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#8CB5FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#8CB5FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB5FE

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB5FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB5FE	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9ABAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DAFFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60C5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb5fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 181, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.114 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2caff',
    500: '#8cb5fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb5fe;
$custom-light: #b2caff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb5fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.421,
    "s": 98.276,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7721,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB5FE

secondary

#F7EAD4

accent

#9300E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#111318

muted

#808286

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB5FE

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

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