#8CB6E9#8CB6E9

#8CB6E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.086 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8CB6E9
RGBrgb(140, 182, 233)
HSLhsl(213, 68%, 73%)
HSVhsv(213, 40%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(39.9%, 21.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(72.83, -1.32, -29.92)
CIE-LCHlch(72.83, 29.95, 267.47°)
OKLaboklab(76.49% -0.0243 -0.083)
OKLCHoklch(76.49% 0.086 253.7)
XYZxyz(42.2464, 44.9122, 83.5178)
Luminance0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8CB6E9 #E9BF8C
analogous
#8CE4E9 #8CB6E9 #908CE9
triadic
#8CB6E9 #E98CB6 #B6E98C
tetradic
#8CB6E9 #E98CE4 #E9BF8C #8CE990
square
#8CB6E9 #E98CE4 #E9BF8C #8CE990
split-complementary
#8CB6E9 #E9908C #E4E98C
monochromatic
#2875D2 #5995DF #8CB6E9 #BFD7F3 #E5EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10
#8CB6E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98
#8CB6E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB6E9
9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8CB6E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##8CB6E91.002.109.989.98
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9821.001.001.00
##0000009.9821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A3B8EB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#98AFE8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#6BC1C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8cb6e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 182, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.086 253.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cbf0',
    500: '#8cb6e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8cb6e9;
$custom-light: #b1cbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8cb6e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.903,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76492,
    "c": 0.08649,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8CB6E9
secondary
#F2E7D9
accent
#7C16D0
background
#FBFCFE
surface
#F6F8FD
border
#D0D1D5
text
#111316
muted
#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB6E9

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#8CB6E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva