#8CAEF2#8CAEF2

#8CAEF2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.106 H 263.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEF2
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 242)
HSL	hsl(220, 80%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(220, 42%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 28.1%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, 5.55, -37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 37.98, 278.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0117 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.106 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9732, 42.2560, 89.9317)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEF2 #F2D08C

analogous

#8CE1F2 #8CAEF2 #9D8CF2

triadic

#8CAEF2 #F28CAE #AEF28C

tetradic

#8CAEF2 #F28CE1 #F2D08C #8CF29D

square

#8CAEF2 #F28CE1 #F2D08C #8CF29D

split-complementary

#8CAEF2 #F29D8C #E1F28C

monochromatic

#1E61E6 #5587EC #8CAEF2 #C3D5F8 #E4ECFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8CAEF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#8CAEF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEF2

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEF2	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B3F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BAAF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68BCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caef2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.106 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c5f6',
    500: '#8caef2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caef2;
$custom-light: #b1c5f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caef2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 79.687,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75211,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEF2

secondary

#F4EAD7

accent

#960ADC

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FE

border

#D0D1D6

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEF2

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

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