#8CAEED#8CAEED

#8CAEED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.099 H 262.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEED
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 237)
HSL	hsl(219, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(219, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 26.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, 4.18, -35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 35.41, 276.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0131 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.099 262.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2325, 41.9597, 86.0308)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEED #EDCB8C

analogous

#8CDFED #8CAEED #9B8CED

triadic

#8CAEED #ED8CAE #AEED8C

tetradic

#8CAEED #ED8CDF #EDCB8C #8CED9B

square

#8CAEED #ED8CDF #EDCB8C #8CED9B

split-complementary

#8CAEED #ED9B8C #DFED8C

monochromatic

#2264DC #5789E5 #8CAEED #C1D3F5 #E5ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#8CAEED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#8CAEED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEED

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEED	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ABBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caeed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.099 262.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c6f3',
    500: '#8caeed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caeed;
$custom-light: #b1c6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caeed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.969,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74984,
    "c": 0.09889,
    "h": 262.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEED

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#9010D5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEED

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

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