#8CAEF5#8CAEF5

#8CAEF5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.110 H 264.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEF5
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 245)
HSL	hsl(221, 84%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(221, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 29%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, 6.39, -39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 39.52, 279.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0109 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.11 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4275, 42.4377, 92.3242)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEF5 #F5D38C

analogous

#8CE3F5 #8CAEF5 #9E8CF5

triadic

#8CAEF5 #F58CAE #AEF58C

tetradic

#8CAEF5 #F58CE3 #F5D38C #8CF59E

square

#8CAEF5 #F58CE3 #F5D38C #8CF59E

split-complementary

#8CAEF5 #F59E8C #E3F58C

monochromatic

#1B5FEB #5486F0 #8CAEF5 #C4D6FA #E3EBFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8CAEF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#8CAEF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEF5

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEF5	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B3F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AAAF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66BDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.110 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c5f8',
    500: '#8caef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caef5;
$custom-light: #b2c5f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.571,
    "s": 84,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75349,
    "c": 0.10959,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEF5

secondary

#F4EBD7

accent

#9905E0

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEF5

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

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