#8CA1EF#8CA1EF

#8CA1EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.116 H 271.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA1EF
RGB	rgb(140, 161, 239)
HSL	hsl(227, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(227, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 32.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, 12.07, -41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 43.19, 286.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% 0.0036 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.116 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1353, 37.2952, 86.7812)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA1EF #EFDA8C

analogous

#8CD3EF #8CA1EF #A98CEF

triadic

#8CA1EF #EF8CA1 #A1EF8C

tetradic

#8CA1EF #EF8CD3 #EFDA8C #8CEFA9

square

#8CA1EF #EF8CD3 #EFDA8C #8CEFA9

split-complementary

#8CA1EF #EFA98C #D3EF8C

monochromatic

#2149E0 #5675E8 #8CA1EF #C2CDF6 #E4E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#8CA1EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#8CA1EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA1EF

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA1EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA1EF	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A9F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca1ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 161, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.116 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bcf4',
    500: '#8ca1ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca1ef;
$custom-light: #b1bcf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca1ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.273,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72412,
    "c": 0.11625,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA1EF

secondary

#F3EDD8

accent

#AD0ED8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA1EF

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

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