#8CB6EB#8CB6EB

#8CB6EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.089 H 254.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB6EB
RGB	rgb(140, 182, 235)
HSL	hsl(213, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(213, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 22.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -0.79, -30.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 30.89, 268.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0237 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.089 254.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5337, 45.0271, 85.0310)
Luminance	0.4503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB6EB #EBC18C

analogous

#8CE5EB #8CB6EB #918CEB

triadic

#8CB6EB #EB8CB6 #B6EB8C

tetradic

#8CB6EB #EB8CE5 #EBC18C #8CEB91

square

#8CB6EB #EB8CE5 #EBC18C #8CEB91

split-complementary

#8CB6EB #EB918C #E5EB8C

monochromatic

#2574D7 #5895E2 #8CB6EB #C0D7F4 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#8CB6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#8CB6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB6EB

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB6EB	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B8ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AC2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 182, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.089 254.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cbf1',
    500: '#8cb6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb6eb;
$custom-light: #b1cbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.474,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76576,
    "c": 0.08897,
    "h": 254.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB6EB

secondary

#F2E7D9

accent

#7E13D2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB6EB

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

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