#8CA0DF#8CA0DF

#8CA0DF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.095 H 270.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA0DF
RGB	rgb(140, 160, 223)
HSL	hsl(226, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(226, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 28.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 8.27, -34.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 35.14, 283.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% 0.0006 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.095 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7013, 36.0432, 74.8209)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA0DF #DFCB8C

analogous

#8CC9DF #8CA0DF #A18CDF

triadic

#8CA0DF #DF8CA0 #A0DF8C

tetradic

#8CA0DF #DF8CC9 #DFCB8C #8CDFA1

square

#8CA0DF #DF8CC9 #DFCB8C #8CDFA1

split-complementary

#8CA0DF #DFA18C #C9DF8C

monochromatic

#3455BC #5C78D2 #8CA0DF #BCC8EC #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8CA0DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#8CA0DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA0DF

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA0DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA0DF	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73ADB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca0df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 160, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.095 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bbe9',
    500: '#8ca0df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca0df;
$custom-light: #b0bbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca0df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.542,
    "s": 56.463,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71454,
    "c": 0.09511,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA0DF

secondary

#EEE9D8

accent

#9D21C4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA0DF

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

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