#8CBCEA#8CBCEA

#8CBCEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.083 H 247.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBCEA
RGB	rgb(140, 188, 234)
HSL	hsl(209, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(209, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 19.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -4.32, -27.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 28.24, 261.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0314 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.083 247.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.6449, 47.4799, 84.6907)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBCEA #EABA8C

analogous

#8CEAE9 #8CBCEA #8C8DEA

triadic

#8CBCEA #EA8CBC #BCEA8C

tetradic

#8CBCEA #E98CEA #EABA8C #8DEA8C

square

#8CBCEA #E98CEA #EABA8C #8DEA8C

split-complementary

#8CBCEA #EA8C8D #EAE98C

monochromatic

#2780D5 #589EE1 #8CBCEA #C0DAF3 #E5F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#8CBCEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#8CBCEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBCEA

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBCEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBCEA	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABDEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AC7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbcea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 188, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.083 247.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d0f0',
    500: '#8cbcea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbcea;
$custom-light: #b1d0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbcea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.362,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77811,
    "c": 0.08342,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBCEA

secondary

#F2E5D9

accent

#7114D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBCEA

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

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