#8CB7E9#8CB7E9

#8CB7E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.086 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB7E9
RGB	rgb(140, 183, 233)
HSL	hsl(212, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(212, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 21.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -1.87, -29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 29.56, 266.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.0256 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.086 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4519, 45.3232, 83.5864)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB7E9 #E9BE8C

analogous

#8CE5E9 #8CB7E9 #8F8CE9

triadic

#8CB7E9 #E98CB7 #B7E98C

tetradic

#8CB7E9 #E98CE5 #E9BE8C #8CE98F

square

#8CB7E9 #E98CE5 #E9BE8C #8CE98F

split-complementary

#8CB7E9 #E98F8C #E5E98C

monochromatic

#2877D2 #5997DF #8CB7E9 #BFD7F3 #E5EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#8CB7E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#8CB7E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB7E9

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB7E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB7E9	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B9EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BC2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb7e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 183, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.086 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ccf0',
    500: '#8cb7e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb7e9;
$custom-light: #b1ccf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb7e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.258,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76704,
    "c": 0.08571,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB7E9

secondary

#F2E6D9

accent

#7A16D0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB7E9

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

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