#8CAEE9#8CAEE9

#8CAEE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.094 H 261.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEE9
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 233)
HSL	hsl(218, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(218, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 25.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, 3.09, -33.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 33.38, 275.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0143 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.094 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6546, 41.7286, 82.9872)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEE9 #E9C78C

analogous

#8CDCE9 #8CAEE9 #988CE9

triadic

#8CAEE9 #E98CAE #AEE98C

tetradic

#8CAEE9 #E98CDC #E9C78C #8CE998

square

#8CAEE9 #E98CDC #E9C78C #8CE998

split-complementary

#8CAEE9 #E9988C #DCE98C

monochromatic

#2866D2 #598ADF #8CAEE9 #BFD2F3 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#8CAEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#8CAEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEE9

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEE9	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CBAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.094 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c6f0',
    500: '#8caee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caee9;
$custom-light: #b1c6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.065,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74807,
    "c": 0.09358,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEE9

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8C16D0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEE9

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

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