#8CA1DC#8CA1DC

#8CA1DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.090 H 269.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA1DC
RGB	rgb(140, 161, 220)
HSL	hsl(224, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(224, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 26.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, 6.90, -32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 33.01, 282.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0016 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.09 269)
XYZ	xyz(36.4745, 36.2309, 72.7677)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA1DC #DCC78C

analogous

#8CC9DC #8CA1DC #9F8CDC

triadic

#8CA1DC #DC8CA1 #A1DC8C

tetradic

#8CA1DC #DC8CC9 #DCC78C #8CDC9F

square

#8CA1DC #DC8CC9 #DCC78C #8CDC9F

split-complementary

#8CA1DC #DC9F8C #C9DC8C

monochromatic

#3759B6 #5D7BCE #8CA1DC #BBC7EA #E8ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8CA1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#8CA1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA1DC

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA1DC	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74ADB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 161, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.090 269.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bce7',
    500: '#8ca1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca1dc;
$custom-light: #b0bce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71525,
    "c": 0.08974,
    "h": 269
  },
  "luminance": 0.36232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA1DC

secondary

#EDE7D7

accent

#9825C1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA1DC

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

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