#8CAEEE#8CAEEE

#8CAEEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.100 H 262.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEEE
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 238)
HSL	hsl(219, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(219, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 26.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, 4.45, -35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 35.92, 277.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0129 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.1 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3790, 42.0184, 86.8023)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEEE #EECC8C

analogous

#8CDFEE #8CAEEE #9B8CEE

triadic

#8CAEEE #EE8CAE #AEEE8C

tetradic

#8CAEEE #EE8CDF #EECC8C #8CEE9B

square

#8CAEEE #EE8CDF #EECC8C #8CEE9B

split-complementary

#8CAEEE #EE9B8C #DFEE8C

monochromatic

#2163DE #5788E6 #8CAEEE #C1D4F6 #E4ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#8CAEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#8CAEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEEE

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEEE	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ABBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caeee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.100 262.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caeee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.184,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75029,
    "c": 0.10022,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEEE

secondary

#F3EAD8

accent

#910FD6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEEE

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

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