#8CB8E9#8CB8E9

#8CB8E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.085 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB8E9
RGB	rgb(140, 184, 233)
HSL	hsl(212, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(212, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 21%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -2.42, -29.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 29.18, 265.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0268 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.085 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6589, 45.7372, 83.6553)
Luminance	0.4574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB8E9 #E9BD8C

analogous

#8CE6E9 #8CB8E9 #8E8CE9

triadic

#8CB8E9 #E98CB8 #B8E98C

tetradic

#8CB8E9 #E98CE6 #E9BD8C #8CE98E

square

#8CB8E9 #E98CE6 #E9BD8C #8CE98E

split-complementary

#8CB8E9 #E98E8C #E6E98C

monochromatic

#2879D2 #5998DF #8CB8E9 #BFD8F3 #E5EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#8CB8E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#8CB8E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB8E9

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB8E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB8E9	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B9EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BC3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 184, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.085 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cdf0',
    500: '#8cb8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb8e9;
$custom-light: #b1cdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.613,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76917,
    "c": 0.08497,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB8E9

secondary

#F2E6D9

accent

#7816D0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB8E9

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

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