#8CAEE2#8CAEE2

#8CAEE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.084 H 258.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEE2
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 226)
HSL	hsl(216, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(216, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 23%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, 1.21, -29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 29.86, 272.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0165 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.084 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6745, 41.3365, 77.8250)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEE2 #E2C08C

analogous

#8CD9E2 #8CAEE2 #958CE2

triadic

#8CAEE2 #E28CAE #AEE28C

tetradic

#8CAEE2 #E28CD9 #E2C08C #8CE295

square

#8CAEE2 #E28CD9 #E2C08C #8CE295

split-complementary

#8CAEE2 #E2958C #D9E28C

monochromatic

#316BC3 #5B8CD6 #8CAEE2 #BDD0EE #E7EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#8CAEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#8CAEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEE2

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEE2	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.084 258.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c6eb',
    500: '#8caee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caee2;
$custom-light: #b0c6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.279,
    "s": 59.722,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74504,
    "c": 0.08439,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEE2

secondary

#F0E7DA

accent

#841EC7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEE2

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

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