#8EB5EB#8EB5EB

#8EB5EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.089 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB5EB
RGB	rgb(142, 181, 235)
HSL	hsl(215, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(215, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 23%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, 0.28, -31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 31.11, 270.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0205 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.089 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6698, 44.7944, 84.9790)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB5EB #EBC48E

analogous

#8EE4EB #8EB5EB #968EEB

triadic

#8EB5EB #EB8EB5 #B5EB8E

tetradic

#8EB5EB #EB8EE4 #EBC48E #8EEB96

square

#8EB5EB #EB8EE4 #EBC48E #8EEB96

split-complementary

#8EB5EB #EB968E #E4EB8E

monochromatic

#2671D8 #5A93E2 #8EB5EB #C2D7F4 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#8EB5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#8EB5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB5EB

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB5EB	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B8ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EC1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 181, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.089 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2cbf1',
    500: '#8eb5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb5eb;
$custom-light: #b2cbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.839,
    "s": 69.925,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76486,
    "c": 0.08879,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB5EB

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8214D2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB5EB

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

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