#8CA1CD#8CA1CD

#8CA1CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.069 H 264.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA1CD
RGB	rgb(140, 161, 205)
HSL	hsl(221, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(221, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 21.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, 2.99, -24.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 25.06, 276.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0062 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.069 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5763, 35.4716, 62.7707)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA1CD #CDB88C

analogous

#8CC2CD #8CA1CD #978CCD

triadic

#8CA1CD #CD8CA1 #A1CD8C

tetradic

#8CA1CD #CD8CC2 #CDB88C #8CCD97

square

#8CA1CD #CD8CC2 #CDB88C #8CCD97

split-complementary

#8CA1CD #CD978C #C2CD8C

monochromatic

#43609B #617EBA #8CA1CD #B7C4E0 #E1E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#8CA1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#8CA1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA1CD

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA1CD	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 161, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.069 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbcdc',
    500: '#8ca1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca1cd;
$custom-light: #afbcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.615,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70879,
    "c": 0.06892,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA1CD

secondary

#E4DED0

accent

#8933B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA1CD

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

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