#8CAEEB#8CAEEB

#8CAEEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.096 H 261.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEEB
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 235)
HSL	hsl(219, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(219, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 26%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, 3.63, -34.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 34.39, 276.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0137 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.096 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9419, 41.8435, 84.5004)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEEB #EBC98C

analogous

#8CDDEB #8CAEEB #998CEB

triadic

#8CAEEB #EB8CAE #AEEB8C

tetradic

#8CAEEB #EB8CDD #EBC98C #8CEB99

square

#8CAEEB #EB8CDD #EBC98C #8CEB99

split-complementary

#8CAEEB #EB998C #DDEB8C

monochromatic

#2565D7 #5889E2 #8CAEEB #C0D3F4 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#8CAEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#8CAEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEEB

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEEB	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BBBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caeeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.096 261.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caeeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.526,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74895,
    "c": 0.09623,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEEB

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8E13D2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEEB

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

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