#8EB2DD#8EB2DD

#8EB2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.074 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB2DD
RGB	rgb(142, 178, 221)
HSL	hsl(213, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(213, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -1.76, -25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 25.60, 266.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0213 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.074 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1228, 42.8101, 74.5416)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB2DD #DDB98E

analogous

#8ED9DD #8EB2DD #918EDD

triadic

#8EB2DD #DD8EB2 #B2DD8E

tetradic

#8EB2DD #DD8ED9 #DDB98E #8EDD91

square

#8EB2DD #DD8ED9 #DDB98E #8EDD91

split-complementary

#8EB2DD #DD918E #D9DD8E

monochromatic

#3873B9 #5F92CF #8EB2DD #BDD2EB #E7EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#8EB2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#8EB2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB2DD

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB2DD	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 178, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.074 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c8e7',
    500: '#8eb2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb2dd;
$custom-light: #b1c8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.658,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7527,
    "c": 0.07367,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB2DD

secondary

#EEE4D9

accent

#7A24C1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB2DD

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

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