#8CAEF3#8CAEF3

#8CAEF3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.107 H 263.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEF3
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 243)
HSL	hsl(220, 81%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(220, 42%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 28.4%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, 5.83, -38.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 38.49, 278.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0114 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.107 263.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1238, 42.3163, 90.7249)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEF3 #F3D18C

analogous

#8CE2F3 #8CAEF3 #9D8CF3

triadic

#8CAEF3 #F38CAE #AEF38C

tetradic

#8CAEF3 #F38CE2 #F3D18C #8CF39D

square

#8CAEF3 #F38CE2 #F3D18C #8CF39D

split-complementary

#8CAEF3 #F39D8C #E2F38C

monochromatic

#1D60E7 #5587ED #8CAEF3 #C3D5F9 #E3EBFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8CAEF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#8CAEF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEF3

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEF3	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B3F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BAAF1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67BCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caef3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.107 263.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c5f7',
    500: '#8caef3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caef3;
$custom-light: #b1c5f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caef3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.194,
    "s": 81.102,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75257,
    "c": 0.1069,
    "h": 263.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEF3

secondary

#F4EAD7

accent

#9708DD

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FE

border

#D0D1D6

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEF3

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

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