#8EB3DE#8EB3DE

#8EB3DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.074 H 252.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB3DE
RGB	rgb(142, 179, 222)
HSL	hsl(212, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(212, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 19.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -2.05, -25.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 25.69, 265.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0222 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.074 252.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4561, 43.2629, 75.3120)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB3DE #DEB98E

analogous

#8EDBDE #8EB3DE #918EDE

triadic

#8EB3DE #DE8EB3 #B3DE8E

tetradic

#8EB3DE #DE8EDB #DEB98E #8EDE91

square

#8EB3DE #DE8EDB #DEB98E #8EDE91

split-complementary

#8EB3DE #DE918E #DBDE8E

monochromatic

#3774BB #5F93D0 #8EB3DE #BDD3EC #E7EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#8EB3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#8EB3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB3DE

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB3DE	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 179, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.074 252.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c9e8',
    500: '#8eb3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb3de;
$custom-light: #b1c9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.25,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75523,
    "c": 0.07416,
    "h": 252.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB3DE

secondary

#EEE5DA

accent

#7923C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB3DE

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

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