#8EB4E6#8EB4E6

#8EB4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.083 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB4E6
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(214, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(214, 38%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, -0.50, -29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 29.11, 269.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0209 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.083 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.7550, 44.1043, 81.1604)
Luminance	0.4411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB4E6 #E6C08E

analogous

#8EE0E6 #8EB4E6 #948EE6

triadic

#8EB4E6 #E68EB4 #B4E68E

tetradic

#8EB4E6 #E68EE0 #E6C08E #8EE694

square

#8EB4E6 #E68EE0 #E6C08E #8EE694

split-complementary

#8EB4E6 #E6948E #E0E68E

monochromatic

#2D72CC #5C93DB #8EB4E6 #C0D5F1 #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#8EB4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#8EB4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB4E6

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB4E6	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ADE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.083 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2caee',
    500: '#8eb4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb4e6;
$custom-light: #b2caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.091,
    "s": 63.768,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76064,
    "c": 0.08331,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB4E6

secondary

#F1E7DA

accent

#7F1ACC

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB4E6

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