#8CA1DD#8CA1DD

#8CA1DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.091 H 269.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA1DD
RGB	rgb(140, 161, 221)
HSL	hsl(224, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(224, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 27.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, 7.16, -32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 33.54, 282.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0013 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.091 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6073, 36.2840, 73.4673)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA1DD #DDC88C

analogous

#8CC9DD #8CA1DD #9F8CDD

triadic

#8CA1DD #DD8CA1 #A1DD8C

tetradic

#8CA1DD #DD8CC9 #DDC88C #8CDD9F

square

#8CA1DD #DD8CC9 #DDC88C #8CDD9F

split-complementary

#8CA1DD #DD9F8C #C9DD8C

monochromatic

#3658B8 #5D7ACF #8CA1DD #BBC8EB #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#8CA1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#8CA1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA1DD

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA1DD	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73ADB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 161, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.091 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bce7',
    500: '#8ca1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca1dd;
$custom-light: #b0bce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.444,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7157,
    "c": 0.09114,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA1DD

secondary

#EDE8D8

accent

#9924C2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA1DD

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

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