#8EB5DA#8EB5DA

#8EB5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.068 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB5DA
RGB	rgb(142, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(209, 51%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(209, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -4.16, -22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 23.19, 259.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0262 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.068 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3301, 43.8585, 72.6566)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB5DA #DAB38E

analogous

#8EDAD9 #8EB5DA #8E8FDA

triadic

#8EB5DA #DA8EB5 #B5DA8E

tetradic

#8EB5DA #D98EDA #DAB38E #8FDA8E

square

#8EB5DA #D98EDA #DAB38E #8FDA8E

split-complementary

#8EB5DA #DA8E8F #DAD98E

monochromatic

#3B78B3 #6097CB #8EB5DA #BCD3E9 #E8F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8EB5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#8EB5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB5DA

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB5DA	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DADD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.068 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cbe5',
    500: '#8eb5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb5da;
$custom-light: #b1cbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.211,
    "s": 50.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75791,
    "c": 0.06809,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB5DA

secondary

#ECE2D8

accent

#7127BE

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111315

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB5DA

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

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