#8CBCEF#8CBCEF

#8CBCEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.089 H 250.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBCEF
RGB	rgb(140, 188, 239)
HSL	hsl(211, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(211, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 21.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -2.98, -30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 30.47, 264.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.0298 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.089 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3733, 47.7712, 88.5272)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBCEF #EFBF8C

analogous

#8CEEEF #8CBCEF #8E8CEF

triadic

#8CBCEF #EF8CBC #BCEF8C

tetradic

#8CBCEF #EF8CEE #EFBF8C #8CEF8E

square

#8CBCEF #EF8CEE #EFBF8C #8CEF8E

split-complementary

#8CBCEF #EF8E8C #EEEF8C

monochromatic

#217DE0 #569DE8 #8CBCEF #C2DBF6 #E4EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#8CBCEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#8CBCEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBCEF

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBCEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBCEF	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BDF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67C8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbcef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 188, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.089 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d0f4',
    500: '#8cbcef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbcef;
$custom-light: #b1d0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbcef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.909,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78017,
    "c": 0.08927,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBCEF

secondary

#F3E6D8

accent

#760ED8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBCEF

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

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