#8CAAEE#8CAAEE

#8CAAEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.104 H 265.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAAEE
RGB	rgb(140, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(222, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(222, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, 6.69, -37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 37.89, 280.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0079 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.104 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6177, 40.4958, 86.5486)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAAEE #EED08C

analogous

#8CDBEE #8CAAEE #9F8CEE

triadic

#8CAAEE #EE8CAA #AAEE8C

tetradic

#8CAAEE #EE8CDB #EED08C #8CEE9F

square

#8CAAEE #EE8CDB #EED08C #8CEE9F

split-complementary

#8CAAEE #EE9F8C #DBEE8C

monochromatic

#215BDE #5783E6 #8CAAEE #C1D1F6 #E4EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8CAAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#8CAAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAAEE

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAAEE	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AB8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.104 265.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.633,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74201,
    "c": 0.10444,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAAEE

secondary

#F3EBD8

accent

#990FD6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAAEE

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

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