#8CA0FF#8CA0FF

#8CA0FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.140 H 273.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA0FF
RGB	rgb(140, 160, 255)
HSL	hsl(230, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(230, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 37.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 17.16, -49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 52.34, 289.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.0084 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.14 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4304, 37.9348, 99.7274)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA0FF #FFEB8C

analogous

#8CDAFF #8CA0FF #B18CFF

triadic

#8CA0FF #FF8CA0 #A0FF8C

tetradic

#8CA0FF #FF8CDA #FFEB8C #8CFFB1

square

#8CA0FF #FF8CDA #FFEB8C #8CFFB1

split-complementary

#8CA0FF #FFB18C #DAFF8C

monochromatic

#123BFF #4F6DFF #8CA0FF #C9D3FF #E0E6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8CA0FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#8CA0FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA0FF

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA0FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA0FF	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DABFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73A1FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63B4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca0ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 160, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.140 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3bbff',
    500: '#8ca0ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca0ff;
$custom-light: #b3bbff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca0ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.565,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73018,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA0FF

secondary

#F7F1D4

accent

#BE00E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#111118

muted

#808086

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA0FF

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

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