#8CAEE7#8CAEE7

#8CAEE7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.091 H 260.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEE7
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 231)
HSL	hsl(218, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(218, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 24.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, 2.55, -32.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 32.37, 274.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0149 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.091 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3705, 41.6150, 81.4911)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEE7 #E7C58C

analogous

#8CDCE7 #8CAEE7 #978CE7

triadic

#8CAEE7 #E78CAE #AEE78C

tetradic

#8CAEE7 #E78CDC #E7C58C #8CE797

square

#8CAEE7 #E78CDC #E7C58C #8CE797

split-complementary

#8CAEE7 #E7978C #DCE78C

monochromatic

#2B68CE #598ADC #8CAEE7 #BFD2F2 #E6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#8CAEE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#8CAEE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEE7

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEE7	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DBAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.091 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c6ee',
    500: '#8caee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caee7;
$custom-light: #b0c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.582,
    "s": 65.468,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74719,
    "c": 0.09094,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEE7

secondary

#F1E8DA

accent

#8A18CD

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEE7

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

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