#8CAAE3#8CAAE3

#8CAAE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.090 H 262.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAAE3
RGB	rgb(140, 170, 227)
HSL	hsl(219, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(219, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 25.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 3.71, -31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 32.19, 276.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0111 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.09 262.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0508, 39.8690, 78.2960)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAAE3 #E3C58C

analogous

#8CD6E3 #8CAAE3 #9A8CE3

triadic

#8CAAE3 #E38CAA #AAE38C

tetradic

#8CAAE3 #E38CD6 #E3C58C #8CE39A

square

#8CAAE3 #E38CD6 #E3C58C #8CE39A

split-complementary

#8CAAE3 #E39A8C #D6E38C

monochromatic

#3063C5 #5B86D7 #8CAAE3 #BDCEEF #E6EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#8CAAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#8CAAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAAE3

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAAE3	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 170, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.090 262.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c3ec',
    500: '#8caae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caae3;
$custom-light: #b0c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.31,
    "s": 60.839,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73707,
    "c": 0.08957,
    "h": 262.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAAE3

secondary

#F0E9DA

accent

#8D1DC9

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAAE3

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

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