#8CA0D3#8CA0D3

#8CA0D3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.078 H 267.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA0D3
RGB	rgb(140, 160, 211)
HSL	hsl(223, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(223, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 24.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 5.10, -28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 28.72, 280.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.003 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.078 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1405, 35.4188, 66.6004)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA0D3 #D3BF8C

analogous

#8CC4D3 #8CA0D3 #9C8CD3

triadic

#8CA0D3 #D38CA0 #A0D38C

tetradic

#8CA0D3 #D38CC4 #D3BF8C #8CD39C

square

#8CA0D3 #D38CC4 #D3BF8C #8CD39C

split-complementary

#8CA0D3 #D39C8C #C4D38C

monochromatic

#3F5CA5 #607BC2 #8CA0D3 #B8C5E4 #E5E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#8CA0D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#8CA0D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA0D3

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA0D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA0D3	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA4D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77AAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca0d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 160, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.078 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbce0',
    500: '#8ca0d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca0d3;
$custom-light: #afbce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca0d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.099,
    "s": 44.654,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70923,
    "c": 0.07832,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA0D3

secondary

#E8E2D3

accent

#912EB8

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA0D3

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

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