#8EB4E7#8EB4E7

#8EB4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.085 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB4E7
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(214, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(214, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -0.23, -29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 29.59, 269.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0206 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.085 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8958, 44.1606, 81.9021)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB4E7 #E7C18E

analogous

#8EE1E7 #8EB4E7 #948EE7

triadic

#8EB4E7 #E78EB4 #B4E78E

tetradic

#8EB4E7 #E78EE1 #E7C18E #8EE794

square

#8EB4E7 #E78EE1 #E7C18E #8EE794

split-complementary

#8EB4E7 #E7948E #E1E78E

monochromatic

#2C71CF #5C92DC #8EB4E7 #C0D6F2 #E6EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#8EB4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#8EB4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB4E7

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB4E7	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AEE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.085 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2caee',
    500: '#8eb4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb4e7;
$custom-light: #b2caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.382,
    "s": 64.964,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76106,
    "c": 0.08457,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB4E7

secondary

#F1E7DA

accent

#8019CD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB4E7

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

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