#8EB7DC#8EB7DC

#8EB7DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.069 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB7DC
RGB	rgb(142, 183, 220)
HSL	hsl(208, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(208, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 16.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -4.74, -22.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 23.45, 258.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.028 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.069 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0030, 44.7830, 74.1797)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB7DC #DCB38E

analogous

#8EDCDA #8EB7DC #8E90DC

triadic

#8EB7DC #DC8EB7 #B7DC8E

tetradic

#8EB7DC #DA8EDC #DCB38E #90DC8E

square

#8EB7DC #DA8EDC #DCB38E #90DC8E

split-complementary

#8EB7DC #DC8E90 #DCDA8E

monochromatic

#397BB7 #5F99CE #8EB7DC #BDD5EA #E8F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#8EB7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#8EB7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB7DC

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB7DC	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)

#A8B7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 183, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.069 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cce7',
    500: '#8eb7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb7dc;
$custom-light: #b1cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.462,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76299,
    "c": 0.06923,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB7DC

secondary

#EDE2D9

accent

#6F25C0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB7DC

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

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