#8CAEF4#8CAEF4

#8CAEF4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.108 H 264.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEF4
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 244)
HSL	hsl(220, 83%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(220, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 28.7%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, 6.11, -38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 39.01, 279.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0112 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.108 264.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2752, 42.3768, 91.5224)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEF4 #F4D28C

analogous

#8CE2F4 #8CAEF4 #9E8CF4

triadic

#8CAEF4 #F48CAE #AEF48C

tetradic

#8CAEF4 #F48CE2 #F4D28C #8CF49E

square

#8CAEF4 #F48CE2 #F4D28C #8CF49E

split-complementary

#8CAEF4 #F49E8C #E2F48C

monochromatic

#1C5FE9 #5487EF #8CAEF4 #C4D5F9 #E3EBFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8CAEF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#8CAEF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEF4

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEF4	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B3F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AAAF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67BDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caef4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.108 264.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c5f8',
    500: '#8caef4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caef4;
$custom-light: #b1c5f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caef4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.385,
    "s": 82.54,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75303,
    "c": 0.10825,
    "h": 264.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEF4

secondary

#F4EBD7

accent

#9807DF

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEF4

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

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