#8CB8EA#8CB8EA

#8CB8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.086 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB8EA
RGB	rgb(140, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(212, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(212, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -2.15, -29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 29.65, 265.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0265 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.086 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8022, 45.7945, 84.4098)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB8EA #EABE8C

analogous

#8CE7EA #8CB8EA #8F8CEA

triadic

#8CB8EA #EA8CB8 #B8EA8C

tetradic

#8CB8EA #EA8CE7 #EABE8C #8CEA8F

square

#8CB8EA #EA8CE7 #EABE8C #8CEA8F

split-complementary

#8CB8EA #EA8F8C #E7EA8C

monochromatic

#2778D5 #5898E1 #8CB8EA #C0D8F3 #E5EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#8CB8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#8CB8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB8EA

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB8EA	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AC3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.086 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cdf1',
    500: '#8cb8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb8ea;
$custom-light: #b1cdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.915,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76958,
    "c": 0.08618,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB8EA

secondary

#F2E6D9

accent

#7914D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB8EA

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

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