#8CAEF8#8CAEF8

#8CAEF8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.114 H 264.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEF8
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 248)
HSL	hsl(221, 89%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(221, 44%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 29.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, 7.22, -40.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 41.07, 280.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0101 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.114 264.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.8891, 42.6224, 94.7557)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEF8 #F8D68C

analogous

#8CE4F8 #8CAEF8 #A08CF8

triadic

#8CAEF8 #F88CAE #AEF88C

tetradic

#8CAEF8 #F88CE4 #F8D68C #8CF8A0

square

#8CAEF8 #F88CE4 #F8D68C #8CF8A0

split-complementary

#8CAEF8 #F8A08C #E4F88C

monochromatic

#195DF1 #5285F4 #8CAEF8 #C6D7FC #E2EBFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#8CAEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#8CAEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEF8

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEF8	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B4FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88AAF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65BEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.114 264.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c5fb',
    500: '#8caef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caef8;
$custom-light: #b2c5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.111,
    "s": 88.525,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75489,
    "c": 0.11363,
    "h": 264.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEF8

secondary

#F5EBD6

accent

#9D00E5

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEF8

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

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