#8CA2CC#8CA2CC

#8CA2CC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.067 H 263.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2CC
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 204)
HSL	hsl(219, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(219, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 20.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, 2.18, -23.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 24.07, 275.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0079 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.067 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6315, 35.7744, 62.1955)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2CC #CCB68C

analogous

#8CC2CC #8CA2CC #968CCC

triadic

#8CA2CC #CC8CA2 #A2CC8C

tetradic

#8CA2CC #CC8CC2 #CCB68C #8CCC96

square

#8CA2CC #CC8CC2 #CCB68C #8CCC96

split-complementary

#8CA2CC #CC968C #C2CC8C

monochromatic

#44619A #6280B9 #8CA2CC #B6C4DF #E1E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#8CA2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#8CA2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2CC

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2CC	1.00	2.58	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AABB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.067 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbddb',
    500: '#8ca2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2cc;
$custom-light: #afbddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.375,
    "s": 38.554,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71049,
    "c": 0.06653,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2CC

secondary

#E4DDD0

accent

#8634B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2CC

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

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