#8CA1DB#8CA1DB

#8CA1DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.088 H 268.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA1DB
RGB	rgb(140, 161, 219)
HSL	hsl(224, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(224, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 26.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, 6.63, -31.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 32.48, 281.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0019 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.088 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3425, 36.1781, 72.0723)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA1DB #DBC68C

analogous

#8CC8DB #8CA1DB #9E8CDB

triadic

#8CA1DB #DB8CA1 #A1DB8C

tetradic

#8CA1DB #DB8CC8 #DBC68C #8CDB9E

square

#8CA1DB #DB8CC8 #DBC68C #8CDB9E

split-complementary

#8CA1DB #DB9E8C #C8DB8C

monochromatic

#3859B4 #5D7BCC #8CA1DB #BBC7EA #E8ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8CA1DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#8CA1DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA1DB

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA1DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA1DB	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74ADB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca1db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 161, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.088 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bce6',
    500: '#8ca1db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca1db;
$custom-light: #b0bce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca1db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.051,
    "s": 52.318,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71481,
    "c": 0.08835,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA1DB

secondary

#ECE6D7

accent

#9726C0

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA1DB

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

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