#8CB8EF#8CB8EF

#8CB8EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.092 H 254.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB8EF
RGB	rgb(140, 184, 239)
HSL	hsl(213, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(213, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 23%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -0.80, -31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 32.00, 268.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.0249 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.092 254.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5306, 46.0859, 88.2463)
Luminance	0.4609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB8EF #EFC38C

analogous

#8CEAEF #8CB8EF #928CEF

triadic

#8CB8EF #EF8CB8 #B8EF8C

tetradic

#8CB8EF #EF8CEA #EFC38C #8CEF92

square

#8CB8EF #EF8CEA #EFC38C #8CEF92

split-complementary

#8CB8EF #EF928C #EAEF8C

monochromatic

#2176E0 #5697E8 #8CB8EF #C2D9F6 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#8CB8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#8CB8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB8EF

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB8EF	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BAF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68C4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 184, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.092 254.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cdf4',
    500: '#8cb8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb8ef;
$custom-light: #b1cdf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77169,
    "c": 0.09232,
    "h": 254.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB8EF

secondary

#F3E7D8

accent

#7E0ED8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB8EF

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

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