#8CAEE6#8CAEE6

#8CAEE6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.090 H 260.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEE6
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 230)
HSL	hsl(217, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(217, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, 2.28, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 31.86, 274.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0152 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.09 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2297, 41.5586, 80.7494)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEE6 #E6C48C

analogous

#8CDBE6 #8CAEE6 #978CE6

triadic

#8CAEE6 #E68CAE #AEE68C

tetradic

#8CAEE6 #E68CDB #E6C48C #8CE697

square

#8CAEE6 #E68CDB #E6C48C #8CE697

split-complementary

#8CAEE6 #E6978C #DBE68C

monochromatic

#2C68CB #5A8BDB #8CAEE6 #BED1F1 #E6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#8CAEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#8CAEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEE6

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEE6	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EBAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.090 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c6ee',
    500: '#8caee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caee6;
$custom-light: #b0c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.333,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74676,
    "c": 0.08962,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEE6

secondary

#F1E8DA

accent

#8919CC

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEE6

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

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