#8EB4E2#8EB4E2

#8EB4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.078 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB4E2
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(213, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(213, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -1.55, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 27.20, 266.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0222 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.078 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1997, 43.8822, 78.2360)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB4E2 #E2BC8E

analogous

#8EDEE2 #8EB4E2 #928EE2

triadic

#8EB4E2 #E28EB4 #B4E28E

tetradic

#8EB4E2 #E28EDE #E2BC8E #8EE292

square

#8EB4E2 #E28EDE #E2BC8E #8EE292

split-complementary

#8EB4E2 #E2928E #DEE28E

monochromatic

#3274C3 #5D94D6 #8EB4E2 #BFD4EE #E7EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8EB4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#8EB4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB4E2

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB4E2	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ADE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.078 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1caeb',
    500: '#8eb4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb4e2;
$custom-light: #b1caeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.857,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75899,
    "c": 0.07832,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB4E2

secondary

#F0E7DB

accent

#7B1FC7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB4E2

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

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