#8CAAF4#8CAAF4

#8CAAF4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.113 H 266.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAAF4
RGB	rgb(140, 170, 244)
HSL	hsl(223, 83%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(223, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 30.3%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, 8.36, -40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 41.03, 281.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0063 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.113 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5139, 40.8543, 91.2686)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAAF4 #F4D68C

analogous

#8CDEF4 #8CAAF4 #A28CF4

triadic

#8CAAF4 #F48CAA #AAF48C

tetradic

#8CAAF4 #F48CDE #F4D68C #8CF4A2

square

#8CAAF4 #F48CDE #F4D68C #8CF4A2

split-complementary

#8CAAF4 #F4A28C #DEF48C

monochromatic

#1C57E9 #5481EF #8CAAF4 #C4D3F9 #E3EAFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#8CAAF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#8CAAF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAAF4

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAAF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAAF4	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90B0F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A7F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67B9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caaf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 170, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.113 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c3f8',
    500: '#8caaf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caaf4;
$custom-light: #b1c3f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caaf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.692,
    "s": 82.54,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74481,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAAF4

secondary

#F4ECD7

accent

#A107DF

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F7FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAAF4

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

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