#8CB8EB#8CB8EB

#8CB8EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.087 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB8EB
RGB	rgb(140, 184, 235)
HSL	hsl(212, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(212, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 21.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -1.88, -30.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 30.11, 266.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0262 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.087 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9462, 45.8521, 85.1685)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB8EB #EBBF8C

analogous

#8CE7EB #8CB8EB #8F8CEB

triadic

#8CB8EB #EB8CB8 #B8EB8C

tetradic

#8CB8EB #EB8CE7 #EBBF8C #8CEB8F

square

#8CB8EB #EB8CE7 #EBBF8C #8CEB8F

split-complementary

#8CB8EB #EB8F8C #E7EB8C

monochromatic

#2578D7 #5898E2 #8CB8EB #C0D8F4 #E5EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#8CB8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#8CB8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB8EB

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB8EB	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AC3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 184, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.087 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cdf1',
    500: '#8cb8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb8eb;
$custom-light: #b1cdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.211,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77,
    "c": 0.0874,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB8EB

secondary

#F2E6D9

accent

#7A13D2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB8EB

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

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