#8CBCEB#8CBCEB

#8CBCEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.085 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBCEB
RGB	rgb(140, 188, 235)
HSL	hsl(210, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 20%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -4.06, -28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 28.68, 261.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0311 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.085 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7889, 47.5375, 85.4494)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBCEB #EBBB8C

analogous

#8CEBEA #8CBCEB #8C8CEB

triadic

#8CBCEB #EB8CBC #BCEB8C

tetradic

#8CBCEB #EA8CEB #EBBB8C #8CEB8C

square

#8CBCEB #EA8CEB #EBBB8C #8CEB8C

split-complementary

#8CBCEB #EB8C8C #EBEA8C

monochromatic

#257FD7 #589EE2 #8CBCEB #C0DAF4 #E5F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#8CBCEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#8CBCEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBCEB

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBCEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBCEB	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69C7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 188, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.085 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d0f1',
    500: '#8cbceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbceb;
$custom-light: #b1d0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.684,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77852,
    "c": 0.08458,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBCEB

secondary

#F2E5D9

accent

#7213D2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBCEB

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

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