#8CAAED#8CAAED

#8CAAED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.103 H 265.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAAED
RGB	rgb(140, 170, 237)
HSL	hsl(221, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(221, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 28.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, 6.42, -36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 37.37, 279.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0082 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.103 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4712, 40.4372, 85.7770)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAAED #EDCF8C

analogous

#8CDBED #8CAAED #9F8CED

triadic

#8CAAED #ED8CAA #AAED8C

tetradic

#8CAAED #ED8CDB #EDCF8C #8CED9F

square

#8CAAED #ED8CDB #EDCF8C #8CED9F

split-complementary

#8CAAED #ED9F8C #DBED8C

monochromatic

#225CDC #5783E5 #8CAAED #C1D1F5 #E5EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8CAAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#8CAAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAAED

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAAED	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caaed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 170, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.103 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c3f3',
    500: '#8caaed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caaed;
$custom-light: #b1c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caaed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.443,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74155,
    "c": 0.10309,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAAED

secondary

#F3EAD8

accent

#9810D5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAAED

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

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