#8CBBE7#8CBBE7

#8CBBE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.081 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBBE7
RGB	rgb(140, 187, 231)
HSL	hsl(209, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(209, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 19%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -4.58, -26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 27.25, 260.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0312 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.081 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0046, 46.8832, 82.3691)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBBE7 #E7B88C

analogous

#8CE7E6 #8CBBE7 #8C8DE7

triadic

#8CBBE7 #E78CBB #BBE78C

tetradic

#8CBBE7 #E68CE7 #E7B88C #8DE78C

square

#8CBBE7 #E68CE7 #E7B88C #8DE78C

split-complementary

#8CBBE7 #E78C8D #E7E68C

monochromatic

#2B7FCE #599DDC #8CBBE7 #BFD9F2 #E6F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#8CBBE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#8CBBE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBBE7

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBBE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBBE7	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BCE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BC5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbbe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 187, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.081 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cfee',
    500: '#8cbbe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbbe7;
$custom-light: #b1cfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbbe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.011,
    "s": 65.468,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77475,
    "c": 0.08061,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBBE7

secondary

#F1E5DA

accent

#7018CD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBBE7

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

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