#8CAEE3#8CAEE3

#8CAEE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.086 H 259.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEE3
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(217, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(217, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, 1.48, -30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 30.36, 272.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0162 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.086 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8121, 41.3916, 78.5498)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEE3 #E3C18C

analogous

#8CD9E3 #8CAEE3 #968CE3

triadic

#8CAEE3 #E38CAE #AEE38C

tetradic

#8CAEE3 #E38CD9 #E3C18C #8CE396

square

#8CAEE3 #E38CD9 #E3C18C #8CE396

split-complementary

#8CAEE3 #E3968C #D9E38C

monochromatic

#306AC5 #5B8BD7 #8CAEE3 #BDD1EF #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#8CAEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#8CAEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEE3

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEE3	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FB9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.086 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c6ec',
    500: '#8caee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caee3;
$custom-light: #b0c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.552,
    "s": 60.839,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74547,
    "c": 0.08569,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEE3

secondary

#F0E8DA

accent

#851DC9

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEE3

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

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