#8CAAF2#8CAAF2

#8CAAF2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.110 H 266.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAAF2
RGB	rgb(140, 170, 242)
HSL	hsl(222, 80%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(222, 42%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 29.8%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, 7.80, -39.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 39.98, 281.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0068 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.11 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2119, 40.7335, 89.6780)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAAF2 #F2D48C

analogous

#8CDDF2 #8CAAF2 #A18CF2

triadic

#8CAAF2 #F28CAA #AAF28C

tetradic

#8CAAF2 #F28CDD #F2D48C #8CF2A1

square

#8CAAF2 #F28CDD #F2D48C #8CF2A1

split-complementary

#8CAAF2 #F2A18C #DDF28C

monochromatic

#1E59E6 #5581EC #8CAAF2 #C3D3F8 #E4EBFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#8CAAF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#8CAAF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAAF2

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAAF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAAF2	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91B0F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A7F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68B9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caaf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 170, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.110 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c3f6',
    500: '#8caaf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caaf2;
$custom-light: #b1c3f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caaf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.353,
    "s": 79.687,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74387,
    "c": 0.10988,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAAF2

secondary

#F4EBD7

accent

#9E0ADC

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F7FE

border

#D0D0D6

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAAF2

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

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