#8CAEE5#8CAEE5

#8CAEE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.088 H 259.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEE5
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 229)
HSL	hsl(217, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(217, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 24%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, 2.01, -31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 31.36, 273.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0156 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.088 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0897, 41.5026, 80.0120)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEE5 #E5C38C

analogous

#8CDAE5 #8CAEE5 #978CE5

triadic

#8CAEE5 #E58CAE #AEE58C

tetradic

#8CAEE5 #E58CDA #E5C38C #8CE597

square

#8CAEE5 #E58CDA #E5C38C #8CE597

split-complementary

#8CAEE5 #E5978C #DAE58C

monochromatic

#2D69C9 #5A8BDA #8CAEE5 #BED1F0 #E6EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#8CAEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#8CAEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEE5

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEE5	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EBAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.088 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c6ed',
    500: '#8caee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caee5;
$custom-light: #b0c6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.079,
    "s": 63.121,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74632,
    "c": 0.08831,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEE5

secondary

#F1E8DA

accent

#881BCB

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEE5

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

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