#8CAEEA#8CAEEA

#8CAEEA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.095 H 261.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEEA
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 234)
HSL	hsl(218, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(218, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 25.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, 3.36, -33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 33.89, 275.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.014 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.095 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7979, 41.7859, 83.7417)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEEA #EAC88C

analogous

#8CDDEA #8CAEEA #998CEA

triadic

#8CAEEA #EA8CAE #AEEA8C

tetradic

#8CAEEA #EA8CDD #EAC88C #8CEA99

square

#8CAEEA #EA8CDD #EAC88C #8CEA99

split-complementary

#8CAEEA #EA998C #DDEA8C

monochromatic

#2766D5 #588AE1 #8CAEEA #C0D2F3 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#8CAEEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#8CAEEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEEA

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEEA	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CBBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caeea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.095 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c6f1',
    500: '#8caeea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caeea;
$custom-light: #b1c6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caeea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.298,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74851,
    "c": 0.0949,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEEA

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8D14D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEEA

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

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