#8EB4DC#8EB4DC

#8EB4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.071 H 250.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB4DC
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(211, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(211, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -3.11, -24.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 24.41, 262.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0242 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.071 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3908, 43.5586, 73.9757)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB4DC #DCB68E

analogous

#8EDBDC #8EB4DC #8F8EDC

triadic

#8EB4DC #DC8EB4 #B4DC8E

tetradic

#8EB4DC #DC8EDB #DCB68E #8EDC8F

square

#8EB4DC #DC8EDB #DCB68E #8EDC8F

split-complementary

#8EB4DC #DC8F8E #DBDC8E

monochromatic

#3976B7 #5F95CE #8EB4DC #BDD3EA #E8EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8EB4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#8EB4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB4DC

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB4DC	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.071 250.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cae7',
    500: '#8eb4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb4dc;
$custom-light: #b1cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.769,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75656,
    "c": 0.07105,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB4DC

secondary

#EDE3D9

accent

#7525C0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB4DC

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

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