#8CBEF9#8CBEF9

#8CBEF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.100 H 253.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CBEF9
RGB	rgb(140, 190, 249)
HSL	hsl(212, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(212, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 23.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -1.35, -34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 34.32, 267.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.029 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.1 253.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3219, 49.2390, 96.6674)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CBEF9 #F9C78C

analogous

#8CF5F9 #8CBEF9 #918CF9

triadic

#8CBEF9 #F98CBE #BEF98C

tetradic

#8CBEF9 #F98CF5 #F9C78C #8CF991

square

#8CBEF9 #F98CF5 #F9C78C #8CF991

split-complementary

#8CBEF9 #F9918C #F5F98C

monochromatic

#187CF3 #529DF6 #8CBEF9 #C6DFFC #E2EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#8CBEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#8CBEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CBEF9

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CBEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CBEF9	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7C0FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB5F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61CBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cbef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 190, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.100 253.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d1fb',
    500: '#8cbef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cbef9;
$custom-light: #b2d1fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cbef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.477,
    "s": 90.083,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78865,
    "c": 0.09981,
    "h": 253.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CBEF9

secondary

#F6E7D5

accent

#7C00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#111417

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CBEF9

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

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