#8CAAE2#8CAAE2

#8CAAE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.088 H 262.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAAE2
RGB	rgb(140, 170, 226)
HSL	hsl(219, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(219, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 24.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, 3.44, -31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 31.68, 276.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0114 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.088 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9132, 39.8140, 77.5712)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAAE2 #E2C48C

analogous

#8CD5E2 #8CAAE2 #998CE2

triadic

#8CAAE2 #E28CAA #AAE28C

tetradic

#8CAAE2 #E28CD5 #E2C48C #8CE299

square

#8CAAE2 #E28CD5 #E2C48C #8CE299

split-complementary

#8CAAE2 #E2998C #D5E28C

monochromatic

#3164C3 #5B86D6 #8CAAE2 #BDCEEE #E7EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#8CAAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#8CAAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAAE2

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAAE2	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 170, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.088 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c3eb',
    500: '#8caae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caae2;
$custom-light: #b0c3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.07,
    "s": 59.722,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73663,
    "c": 0.08823,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAAE2

secondary

#F0E8DA

accent

#8C1EC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAAE2

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

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