#8CAEF6#8CAEF6

#8CAEF6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.111 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEF6
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 246)
HSL	hsl(221, 85%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(221, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 29.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, 6.66, -39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 40.04, 279.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0106 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.111 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5805, 42.4990, 93.1303)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEF6 #F6D48C

analogous

#8CE3F6 #8CAEF6 #9F8CF6

triadic

#8CAEF6 #F68CAE #AEF68C

tetradic

#8CAEF6 #F68CE3 #F6D48C #8CF69F

square

#8CAEF6 #F68CE3 #F6D48C #8CF69F

split-complementary

#8CAEF6 #F69F8C #E3F68C

monochromatic

#1A5EED #5386F2 #8CAEF6 #C5D6FA #E3EBFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8CAEF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#8CAEF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEF6

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEF6	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B4F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89AAF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66BDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caef6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.111 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c5f9',
    500: '#8caef6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caef6;
$custom-light: #b2c5f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caef6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.755,
    "s": 85.484,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75395,
    "c": 0.11094,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEF6

secondary

#F5EBD6

accent

#9B04E2

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEF6

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

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