#8CB7E8#8CB7E8

#8CB7E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.084 H 252.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB7E8
RGB	rgb(140, 183, 232)
HSL	hsl(212, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(212, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 21.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -2.14, -29.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 29.09, 265.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.0259 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.084 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3095, 45.2662, 82.8362)
Luminance	0.4527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB7E8 #E8BD8C

analogous

#8CE5E8 #8CB7E8 #8F8CE8

triadic

#8CB7E8 #E88CB7 #B7E88C

tetradic

#8CB7E8 #E88CE5 #E8BD8C #8CE88F

square

#8CB7E8 #E88CE5 #E8BD8C #8CE88F

split-complementary

#8CB7E8 #E88F8C #E5E88C

monochromatic

#2A77D0 #5997DE #8CB7E8 #BFD7F2 #E5EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#8CB7E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#8CB7E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB7E8

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB7E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB7E8	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CC2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb7e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 183, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.084 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ccef',
    500: '#8cb7e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb7e8;
$custom-light: #b1ccef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb7e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.957,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76662,
    "c": 0.08449,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB7E8

secondary

#F1E6DA

accent

#7917CF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB7E8

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

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