#8CAAEC#8CAAEC

#8CAAEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.102 H 265.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAAEC
RGB	rgb(140, 170, 236)
HSL	hsl(221, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(221, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 28%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, 6.15, -36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 36.85, 279.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0085 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.102 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3255, 40.3789, 85.0097)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAAEC #ECCE8C

analogous

#8CDAEC #8CAAEC #9E8CEC

triadic

#8CAAEC #EC8CAA #AAEC8C

tetradic

#8CAAEC #EC8CDA #ECCE8C #8CEC9E

square

#8CAAEC #EC8CDA #ECCE8C #8CEC9E

split-complementary

#8CAAEC #EC9E8C #DAEC8C

monochromatic

#245DDA #5783E3 #8CAAEC #C1D1F5 #E5ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8CAAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#8CAAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAAEC

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAAEC	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caaec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 170, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.102 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c3f2',
    500: '#8caaec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caaec;
$custom-light: #b1c3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caaec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.25,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74109,
    "c": 0.10173,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAAEC

secondary

#F2EAD9

accent

#9712D4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAAEC

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

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