#8CAEF9#8CAEF9

#8CAEF9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.115 H 265.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CAEF9
RGB	rgb(140, 174, 249)
HSL	hsl(221, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(221, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 30.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, 7.50, -40.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 41.59, 280.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0098 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.115 265.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0447, 42.6846, 95.5750)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CAEF9 #F9D78C

analogous

#8CE5F9 #8CAEF9 #A18CF9

triadic

#8CAEF9 #F98CAE #AEF98C

tetradic

#8CAEF9 #F98CE5 #F9D78C #8CF9A1

square

#8CAEF9 #F98CE5 #F9D78C #8CF9A1

split-complementary

#8CAEF9 #F9A18C #E5F98C

monochromatic

#185CF3 #5285F6 #8CAEF9 #C6D7FC #E2EBFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#8CAEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#8CAEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CAEF9

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CAEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CAEF9	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B4FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88AAF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64BEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8caef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 174, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.115 265.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c5fb',
    500: '#8caef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8caef9;
$custom-light: #b2c5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8caef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.284,
    "s": 90.083,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75536,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 265.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CAEF9

secondary

#F6ECD5

accent

#9E00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CAEF9

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

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