#8CB9FA#8CB9FA

#8CB9FA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.105 H 257.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB9FA
RGB	rgb(140, 185, 250)
HSL	hsl(215, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(215, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 26%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, 1.66, -36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 36.88, 272.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0227 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.105 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4138, 47.1727, 97.1362)
Luminance	0.4718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB9FA #FACD8C

analogous

#8CF0FA #8CB9FA #968CFA

triadic

#8CB9FA #FA8CB9 #B9FA8C

tetradic

#8CB9FA #FA8CF0 #FACD8C #8CFA96

square

#8CB9FA #FA8CF0 #FACD8C #8CFA96

split-complementary

#8CB9FA #FA968C #F0FA8C

monochromatic

#1772F5 #5195F7 #8CB9FA #C7DDFD #E2EDFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#8CB9FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#8CB9FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB9FA

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB9FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB9FA	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1BDFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94B2F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62C7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb9fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 185, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.105 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2cdfc',
    500: '#8cb9fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb9fa;
$custom-light: #b2cdfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb9fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.455,
    "s": 91.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77859,
    "c": 0.10529,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB9FA

secondary

#F6E8D5

accent

#8800E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB9FA

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

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