#8CBBEE#8CBBEE

#8CBBEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.089 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBBEE
RGB	rgb(140, 187, 238)
HSL	hsl(211, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(211, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 21.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -2.71, -30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 30.38, 264.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.0289 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.089 251)
XYZ	xyz(44.0131, 47.2865, 87.6804)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBBEE #EEBF8C

analogous

#8CECEE #8CBBEE #8E8CEE

triadic

#8CBBEE #EE8CBB #BBEE8C

tetradic

#8CBBEE #EE8CEC #EEBF8C #8CEE8E

square

#8CBBEE #EE8CEC #EEBF8C #8CEE8E

split-complementary

#8CBBEE #EE8E8C #ECEE8C

monochromatic

#217CDE #579BE6 #8CBBEE #C1DBF6 #E4EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#8CBBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#8CBBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBBEE

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBBEE	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68C7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 187, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.089 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cff3',
    500: '#8cbbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbbee;
$custom-light: #b1cff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.224,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77763,
    "c": 0.0888,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.47289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBBEE

secondary

#F3E6D8

accent

#770FD6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBBEE

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

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