#8CA0DC#8CA0DC

#8CA0DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.091 H 269.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA0DC
RGB	rgb(140, 160, 220)
HSL	hsl(225, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(225, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 27.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, 7.46, -32.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 33.53, 282.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0003 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.091 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3005, 35.8828, 72.7097)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA0DC #DCC88C

analogous

#8CC8DC #8CA0DC #A08CDC

triadic

#8CA0DC #DC8CA0 #A0DC8C

tetradic

#8CA0DC #DC8CC8 #DCC88C #8CDCA0

square

#8CA0DC #DC8CC8 #DCC88C #8CDCA0

split-complementary

#8CA0DC #DCA08C #C8DC8C

monochromatic

#3757B6 #5D79CE #8CA0DC #BBC7EA #E8ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8CA0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#8CA0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA0DC

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA0DC	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74ACB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 160, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.091 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bbe7',
    500: '#8ca0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca0dc;
$custom-light: #b0bbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71318,
    "c": 0.09091,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA0DC

secondary

#EDE7D7

accent

#9A25C1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA0DC

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

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