#8CA0CC#8CA0CC

#8CA0CC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.069 H 265.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA0CC
RGB	rgb(140, 160, 204)
HSL	hsl(221, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(221, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 21.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, 3.30, -24.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 25.01, 277.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0052 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.069 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2820, 35.0754, 62.0790)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA0CC #CCB88C

analogous

#8CC0CC #8CA0CC #988CCC

triadic

#8CA0CC #CC8CA0 #A0CC8C

tetradic

#8CA0CC #CC8CC0 #CCB88C #8CCC98

square

#8CA0CC #CC8CC0 #CCB88C #8CCC98

split-complementary

#8CA0CC #CC988C #C0CC8C

monochromatic

#445F9A #627DB9 #8CA0CC #B6C3DF #E1E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#8CA0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#8CA0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA0CC

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA0CC	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AA9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 160, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.069 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbcdb',
    500: '#8ca0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca0cc;
$custom-light: #afbcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.25,
    "s": 38.554,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70627,
    "c": 0.0686,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA0CC

secondary

#E4DED0

accent

#8A34B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA0CC

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

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