#8CA0CD#8CA0CD

#8CA0CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.070 H 266.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA0CD
RGB	rgb(140, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(222, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(222, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, 3.55, -25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 25.54, 277.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0049 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.07 266)
XYZ	xyz(34.4023, 35.1235, 62.7127)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA0CD #CDB98C

analogous

#8CC1CD #8CA0CD #988CCD

triadic

#8CA0CD #CD8CA0 #A0CD8C

tetradic

#8CA0CD #CD8CC1 #CDB98C #8CCD98

square

#8CA0CD #CD8CC1 #CDB98C #8CCD98

split-complementary

#8CA0CD #CD988C #C1CD8C

monochromatic

#435E9B #617DBA #8CA0CD #B7C3E0 #E1E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#8CA0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#8CA0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA0CD

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA0CD	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)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AA9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.070 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbcdc',
    500: '#8ca0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca0cd;
$custom-light: #afbcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.538,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70668,
    "c": 0.06998,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.35125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA0CD

secondary

#E4DED0

accent

#8B33B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA0CD

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

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