#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
RGB	rgb(140, 182, 233)
HSL	hsl(213, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(213, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 21.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -1.32, -29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 29.95, 267.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0243 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.086 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2464, 44.9122, 83.5178)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##8CB6E9	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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