#8CB8E6#8CB8E6

#8CB8E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.081 H 250.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB8E6
RGB	rgb(140, 184, 230)
HSL	hsl(211, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(211, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 20%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -3.21, -27.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 27.81, 263.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0278 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.081 250)
XYZ	xyz(42.2340, 45.5672, 81.4175)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB8E6 #E6BA8C

analogous

#8CE5E6 #8CB8E6 #8D8CE6

triadic

#8CB8E6 #E68CB8 #B8E68C

tetradic

#8CB8E6 #E68CE5 #E6BA8C #8CE68D

square

#8CB8E6 #E68CE5 #E6BA8C #8CE68D

split-complementary

#8CB8E6 #E68D8C #E5E68C

monochromatic

#2C7ACB #5A99DB #8CB8E6 #BED7F1 #E6EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#8CB8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#8CB8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB8E6

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB8E6	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CC2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 184, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.081 250.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cdee',
    500: '#8cb8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb8e6;
$custom-light: #b0cdee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.667,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76793,
    "c": 0.08138,
    "h": 250
  },
  "luminance": 0.4557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB8E6

secondary

#F1E6DA

accent

#7519CC

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB8E6

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

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