#8CB7E7#8CB7E7

#8CB7E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.083 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB7E7
RGB	rgb(140, 183, 231)
HSL	hsl(212, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(212, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 20.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -2.40, -28.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 28.63, 265.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.0262 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.083 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1679, 45.2096, 82.0902)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB7E7 #E7BC8C

analogous

#8CE5E7 #8CB7E7 #8E8CE7

triadic

#8CB7E7 #E78CB7 #B7E78C

tetradic

#8CB7E7 #E78CE5 #E7BC8C #8CE78E

square

#8CB7E7 #E78CE5 #E7BC8C #8CE78E

split-complementary

#8CB7E7 #E78E8C #E5E78C

monochromatic

#2B78CE #5997DC #8CB7E7 #BFD7F2 #E6EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#8CB7E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#8CB7E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB7E7

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB7E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB7E7	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CC2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb7e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 183, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.083 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ccee',
    500: '#8cb7e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb7e7;
$custom-light: #b1ccee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb7e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.648,
    "s": 65.468,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76621,
    "c": 0.08328,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB7E7

secondary

#F1E6DA

accent

#7818CD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB7E7

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

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