#8EB6DC#8EB6DC

#8EB6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.070 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB6DC
RGB	rgb(142, 182, 220)
HSL	hsl(209, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(209, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 17.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -4.20, -23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 23.76, 259.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.0268 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.07 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7975, 44.3719, 74.1112)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB6DC #DCB48E

analogous

#8EDCDB #8EB6DC #8E8FDC

triadic

#8EB6DC #DC8EB6 #B6DC8E

tetradic

#8EB6DC #DB8EDC #DCB48E #8FDC8E

square

#8EB6DC #DB8EDC #DCB48E #8FDC8E

split-complementary

#8EB6DC #DC8E8F #DCDB8E

monochromatic

#3979B7 #5F98CE #8EB6DC #BDD4EA #E8F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#8EB6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#8EB6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB6DC

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB6DC	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 182, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.070 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cbe7',
    500: '#8eb6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb6dc;
$custom-light: #b1cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.231,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76084,
    "c": 0.0698,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB6DC

secondary

#EDE3D9

accent

#7125C0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB6DC

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

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