#8EB4E9#8EB4E9

#8EB4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.087 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB4E9
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(215, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(215, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, 0.30, -30.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 30.56, 270.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0199 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.087 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1799, 44.2742, 83.3982)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB4E9 #E9C38E

analogous

#8EE1E9 #8EB4E9 #958EE9

triadic

#8EB4E9 #E98EB4 #B4E98E

tetradic

#8EB4E9 #E98EE1 #E9C38E #8EE995

square

#8EB4E9 #E98EE1 #E9C38E #8EE995

split-complementary

#8EB4E9 #E9958E #E1E98E

monochromatic

#2970D3 #5B92DF #8EB4E9 #C1D6F3 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#8EB4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#8EB4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB4E9

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB4E9	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FBFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.087 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2caf0',
    500: '#8eb4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb4e9;
$custom-light: #b2caf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.945,
    "s": 67.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76191,
    "c": 0.08711,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB4E9

secondary

#F2E7D9

accent

#8216CF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB4E9

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

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