#8CA1E6#8CA1E6

#8CA1E6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.104 H 270.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA1E6
RGB	rgb(140, 161, 230)
HSL	hsl(226, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(226, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 30%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, 9.59, -37.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 38.36, 284.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% 0.0012 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.104 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8387, 36.7766, 79.9524)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA1E6 #E6D18C

analogous

#8CCEE6 #8CA1E6 #A48CE6

triadic

#8CA1E6 #E68CA1 #A1E68C

tetradic

#8CA1E6 #E68CCE #E6D18C #8CE6A4

square

#8CA1E6 #E68CCE #E6D18C #8CE6A4

split-complementary

#8CA1E6 #E6A48C #CEE68C

monochromatic

#2C51CB #5A78DB #8CA1E6 #BECAF1 #E6EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#8CA1E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#8CA1E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA1E6

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA1E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA1E6	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FAFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca1e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 161, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.104 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bcee',
    500: '#8ca1e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca1e6;
$custom-light: #b0bcee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca1e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71982,
    "c": 0.10371,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA1E6

secondary

#F1ECDA

accent

#A219CC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA1E6

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

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