#8CB7E1#8CB7E1

#8CB7E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.076 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB7E1
RGB	rgb(140, 183, 225)
HSL	hsl(210, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(210, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 18.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -3.99, -25.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 25.91, 261.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.0282 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.076 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3350, 44.8764, 77.7036)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB7E1 #E1B68C

analogous

#8CE1E1 #8CB7E1 #8C8DE1

triadic

#8CB7E1 #E18CB7 #B7E18C

tetradic

#8CB7E1 #E18CE1 #E1B68C #8DE18C

square

#8CB7E1 #E18CE1 #E1B68C #8DE18C

split-complementary

#8CB7E1 #E18C8D #E1E18C

monochromatic

#327AC0 #5B99D4 #8CB7E1 #BDD5EE #E7F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#8CB7E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#8CB7E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB7E1

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB7E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB7E1	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	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)

#A7B8E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FC1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb7e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 183, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.076 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ccea',
    500: '#8cb7e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb7e1;
$custom-light: #b0ccea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb7e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.647,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76376,
    "c": 0.07618,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB7E1

secondary

#EFE4D9

accent

#721FC6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB7E1

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

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