#8CA0CE#8CA0CE

#8CA0CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.071 H 266.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA0CE
RGB	rgb(140, 160, 206)
HSL	hsl(222, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(222, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 22.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, 3.81, -25.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 26.07, 278.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0046 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.071 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5234, 35.1720, 63.3504)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA0CE #CEBA8C

analogous

#8CC1CE #8CA0CE #998CCE

triadic

#8CA0CE #CE8CA0 #A0CE8C

tetradic

#8CA0CE #CE8CC1 #CEBA8C #8CCE99

square

#8CA0CE #CE8CC1 #CEBA8C #8CCE99

split-complementary

#8CA0CE #CE998C #C1CE8C

monochromatic

#435E9D #617DBC #8CA0CE #B7C3E0 #E2E7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#8CA0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#8CA0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA0CE

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA0CE	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79A9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 160, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.071 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbcdd',
    500: '#8ca0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca0ce;
$custom-light: #afbcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.818,
    "s": 40.244,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7071,
    "c": 0.07137,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA0CE

secondary

#E5DFD1

accent

#8C32B3

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA0CE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →