#8CA0DD#8CA0DD

#8CA0DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.092 H 270.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA0DD
RGB	rgb(140, 160, 221)
HSL	hsl(225, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(225, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 27.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, 7.73, -33.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 34.07, 283.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.092 270)
XYZ	xyz(36.4333, 35.9359, 73.4092)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA0DD #DDC98C

analogous

#8CC8DD #8CA0DD #A08CDD

triadic

#8CA0DD #DD8CA0 #A0DD8C

tetradic

#8CA0DD #DD8CC8 #DDC98C #8CDDA0

square

#8CA0DD #DD8CC8 #DDC98C #8CDDA0

split-complementary

#8CA0DD #DDA08C #C8DD8C

monochromatic

#3656B8 #5D79CF #8CA0DD #BBC7EB #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8CA0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#8CA0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA0DD

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA0DD	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859EDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73ACB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 160, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.092 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bbe7',
    500: '#8ca0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca0dd;
$custom-light: #b0bbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.185,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71363,
    "c": 0.09231,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.35938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA0DD

secondary

#EDE8D8

accent

#9B24C2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA0DD

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

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