#8CAEE4#8CAEE4

#8CAEE4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.087 H 259.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEE4
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 228)
HSL	hsl(217, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(217, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 23.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, 1.75, -30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 30.86, 273.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0159 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.087 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9505, 41.4469, 79.2787)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEE4 #E4C28C

analogous

#8CDAE4 #8CAEE4 #968CE4

triadic

#8CAEE4 #E48CAE #AEE48C

tetradic

#8CAEE4 #E48CDA #E4C28C #8CE496

square

#8CAEE4 #E48CDA #E4C28C #8CE496

split-complementary

#8CAEE4 #E4968C #DAE48C

monochromatic

#2F6AC7 #5A8BD8 #8CAEE4 #BED1F0 #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#8CAEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#8CAEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEE4

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEE4	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FB9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.087 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c6ec',
    500: '#8caee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caee4;
$custom-light: #b0c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.818,
    "s": 61.972,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74589,
    "c": 0.087,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEE4

secondary

#F1E8DA

accent

#871CCA

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEE4

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

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