#8CB9FD#8CB9FD

#8CB9FD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.109 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB9FD
RGB	rgb(140, 185, 253)
HSL	hsl(216, 97%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(216, 45%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 26.9%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, 2.50, -38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 38.35, 273.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0219 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.109 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8880, 47.3624, 99.6333)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB9FD #FDD08C

analogous

#8CF2FD #8CB9FD #988CFD

triadic

#8CB9FD #FD8CB9 #B9FD8C

tetradic

#8CB9FD #FD8CF2 #FDD08C #8CFD98

square

#8CB9FD #FD8CF2 #FDD08C #8CFD98

split-complementary

#8CB9FD #FD988C #F2FD8C

monochromatic

#1470FB #5094FC #8CB9FD #C8DEFE #E1EDFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#8CB9FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#8CB9FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB9FD

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB9FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB9FD	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0BDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93B2FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60C8D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb9fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 185, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.109 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2cdfe',
    500: '#8cb9fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb9fd;
$custom-light: #b2cdfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb9fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.106,
    "s": 96.581,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77994,
    "c": 0.10913,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB9FD

secondary

#F7E9D4

accent

#8A00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#111318

muted

#808286

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB9FD

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

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