#8CAEE8#8CAEE8

#8CAEE8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.092 H 260.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEE8
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 232)
HSL	hsl(218, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(218, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 25%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, 2.82, -32.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 32.87, 274.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0146 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.092 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5122, 41.6716, 82.2370)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEE8 #E8C68C

analogous

#8CDCE8 #8CAEE8 #988CE8

triadic

#8CAEE8 #E88CAE #AEE88C

tetradic

#8CAEE8 #E88CDC #E8C68C #8CE898

square

#8CAEE8 #E88CDC #E8C68C #8CE898

split-complementary

#8CAEE8 #E8988C #DCE88C

monochromatic

#2A67D0 #598ADE #8CAEE8 #BFD2F2 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#8CAEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#8CAEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEE8

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEE8	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DBAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.092 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c6ef',
    500: '#8caee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caee8;
$custom-light: #b1c6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.826,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74763,
    "c": 0.09226,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEE8

secondary

#F1E9DA

accent

#8B17CF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEE8

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

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