#8CAADA#8CAADA

#8CAADA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.078 H 259.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAADA
RGB	rgb(140, 170, 218)
HSL	hsl(217, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(217, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 22%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, 1.32, -27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 27.61, 272.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0139 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.078 259.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8410, 39.3851, 71.9243)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAADA #DABC8C

analogous

#8CD1DA #8CAADA #958CDA

triadic

#8CAADA #DA8CAA #AADA8C

tetradic

#8CAADA #DA8CD1 #DABC8C #8CDA95

square

#8CAADA #DA8CD1 #DABC8C #8CDA95

split-complementary

#8CAADA #DA958C #D1DA8C

monochromatic

#3968B2 #5E88CB #8CAADA #BACCE9 #E8EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#8CAADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#8CAADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAADA

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAADA	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74B4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 170, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.078 259.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c3e5',
    500: '#8caada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caada;
$custom-light: #b0c3e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 51.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73321,
    "c": 0.07759,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAADA

secondary

#ECE3D6

accent

#8427BF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111215

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAADA

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

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