#8CBAE2#8CBAE2

#8CBAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.076 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBAE2
RGB	rgb(140, 186, 226)
HSL	hsl(208, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(208, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 17.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -5.35, -24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 25.41, 257.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0316 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.076 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0971, 46.1819, 78.6326)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBAE2 #E2B48C

analogous

#8CE2DF #8CBAE2 #8C8FE2

triadic

#8CBAE2 #E28CBA #BAE28C

tetradic

#8CBAE2 #DF8CE2 #E2B48C #8FE28C

square

#8CBAE2 #DF8CE2 #E2B48C #8FE28C

split-complementary

#8CBAE2 #E28C8F #E2DF8C

monochromatic

#317FC3 #5B9DD6 #8CBAE2 #BDD7EE #E7F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#8CBAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#8CBAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBAE2

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBAE2	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABAE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EC3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 186, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.076 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ceeb',
    500: '#8cbae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbae2;
$custom-light: #b0ceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.907,
    "s": 59.722,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7706,
    "c": 0.07556,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBAE2

secondary

#F0E4DA

accent

#6D1EC7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBAE2

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

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