#8CAAEB#8CAAEB

#8CAAEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.100 H 265.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAAEB
RGB	rgb(140, 170, 235)
HSL	hsl(221, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(221, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 27.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, 5.87, -35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 36.33, 279.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0088 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.1 265)
XYZ	xyz(40.1807, 40.3210, 84.2467)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAAEB #EBCD8C

analogous

#8CD9EB #8CAAEB #9D8CEB

triadic

#8CAAEB #EB8CAA #AAEB8C

tetradic

#8CAAEB #EB8CD9 #EBCD8C #8CEB9D

square

#8CAAEB #EB8CD9 #EBCD8C #8CEB9D

split-complementary

#8CAAEB #EB9D8C #D9EB8C

monochromatic

#255ED7 #5883E2 #8CAAEB #C0D1F4 #E5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#8CAAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#8CAAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAAEB

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAAEB	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CB7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caaeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 170, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.100 265.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c3f1',
    500: '#8caaeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caaeb;
$custom-light: #b1c3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caaeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.053,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74064,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 265
  },
  "luminance": 0.40323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAAEB

secondary

#F2EAD9

accent

#9613D2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAAEB

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

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