#8CBCF9#8CBCF9

#8CBCF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.101 H 254.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBCF9
RGB	rgb(140, 188, 249)
HSL	hsl(214, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(214, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 24.5%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -0.26, -35.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 35.12, 269.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.0266 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.101 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8917, 48.3786, 96.5240)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBCF9 #F9C98C

analogous

#8CF3F9 #8CBCF9 #938CF9

triadic

#8CBCF9 #F98CBC #BCF98C

tetradic

#8CBCF9 #F98CF3 #F9C98C #8CF993

square

#8CBCF9 #F98CF3 #F9C98C #8CF993

split-complementary

#8CBCF9 #F9938C #F3F98C

monochromatic

#1878F3 #529AF6 #8CBCF9 #C6DEFC #E2EEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#8CBCF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#8CBCF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBCF9

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBCF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBCF9	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BFFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B4F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62CAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbcf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 188, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.101 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d0fb',
    500: '#8cbcf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbcf9;
$custom-light: #b2d0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbcf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.578,
    "s": 90.083,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78444,
    "c": 0.10143,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBCF9

secondary

#F6E7D5

accent

#8000E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBCF9

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

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