#8CA2C8#8CA2C8

#8CA2C8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.061 H 261.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2C8
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 200)
HSL	hsl(218, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(218, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 19%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, 1.17, -21.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 22.00, 273.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.0093 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.061 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1579, 35.5850, 59.7012)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2C8 #C8B28C

analogous

#8CC0C8 #8CA2C8 #948CC8

triadic

#8CA2C8 #C88CA2 #A2C88C

tetradic

#8CA2C8 #C88CC0 #C8B28C #8CC894

square

#8CA2C8 #C88CC0 #C8B28C #8CC894

split-complementary

#8CA2C8 #C8948C #C0C88C

monochromatic

#466393 #6381B4 #8CA2C8 #B5C3DC #DFE5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#8CA2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#8CA2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2C8

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2C8	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BAAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.061 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbdd8',
    500: '#8ca2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2c8;
$custom-light: #afbdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70887,
    "c": 0.06113,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2C8

secondary

#E2DACE

accent

#8337AE

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2C8

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

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