#8EB8E7#8EB8E7

#8EB8E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.081 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB8E7
RGB	rgb(142, 184, 231)
HSL	hsl(212, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(212, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 20.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -2.42, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 28.03, 265.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0256 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.081 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7150, 45.7990, 82.1752)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB8E7 #E7BD8E

analogous

#8EE5E7 #8EB8E7 #908EE7

triadic

#8EB8E7 #E78EB8 #B8E78E

tetradic

#8EB8E7 #E78EE5 #E7BD8E #8EE790

square

#8EB8E7 #E78EE5 #E7BD8E #8EE790

split-complementary

#8EB8E7 #E7908E #E5E78E

monochromatic

#2C79CF #5C98DC #8EB8E7 #C0D8F2 #E6EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#8EB8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#8EB8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB8E7

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB8E7	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FC3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 184, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.081 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2cdee',
    500: '#8eb8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb8e7;
$custom-light: #b2cdee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.685,
    "s": 64.964,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76954,
    "c": 0.08144,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB8E7

secondary

#F1E6DA

accent

#7819CD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB8E7

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

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