#8CA9EE#8CA9EE

#8CA9EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.106 H 266.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA9EE
RGB	rgb(140, 169, 238)
HSL	hsl(222, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(222, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 29%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, 7.26, -37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 38.40, 280.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0067 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.106 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4310, 40.1223, 86.4863)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA9EE #EED18C

analogous

#8CDAEE #8CA9EE #A08CEE

triadic

#8CA9EE #EE8CA9 #A9EE8C

tetradic

#8CA9EE #EE8CDA #EED18C #8CEEA0

square

#8CA9EE #EE8CDA #EED18C #8CEEA0

split-complementary

#8CA9EE #EEA08C #DAEE8C

monochromatic

#2159DE #5781E6 #8CA9EE #C1D1F6 #E4EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8CA9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#8CA9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA9EE

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA9EE	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 169, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.106 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c2f4',
    500: '#8ca9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca9ee;
$custom-light: #b1c2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.245,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73995,
    "c": 0.10554,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA9EE

secondary

#F3EBD8

accent

#9B0FD6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA9EE

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

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