#8CB8FF#8CB8FF

#8CB8FF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.113 H 259.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB8FF
RGB	rgb(140, 184, 255)
HSL	hsl(217, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(217, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 27.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, 3.61, -39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 39.80, 275.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0201 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.113 259.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9998, 47.0735, 101.2506)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB8FF #FFD38C

analogous

#8CF2FF #8CB8FF #998CFF

triadic

#8CB8FF #FF8CB8 #B8FF8C

tetradic

#8CB8FF #FF8CF2 #FFD38C #8CFF99

square

#8CB8FF #FF8CF2 #FFD38C #8CFF99

split-complementary

#8CB8FF #FF998C #F2FF8C

monochromatic

#126CFF #4F92FF #8CB8FF #C9DEFF #E0ECFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#8CB8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#8CB8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB8FF

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB8FF	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EBDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90B2FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FC7D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 184, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.113 259.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2cdff',
    500: '#8cb8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb8ff;
$custom-light: #b2cdff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.043,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77877,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB8FF

secondary

#F7EAD4

accent

#8E00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#111318

muted

#808286

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB8FF

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

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