#8CA2CD#8CA2CD

#8CA2CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.068 H 263.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2CD
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 205)
HSL	hsl(220, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(220, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 21%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, 2.43, -24.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 24.59, 275.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0076 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.068 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7518, 35.8225, 62.8292)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2CD #CDB78C

analogous

#8CC3CD #8CA2CD #968CCD

triadic

#8CA2CD #CD8CA2 #A2CD8C

tetradic

#8CA2CD #CD8CC3 #CDB78C #8CCD96

square

#8CA2CD #CD8CC3 #CDB78C #8CCD96

split-complementary

#8CA2CD #CD968C #C3CD8C

monochromatic

#43619B #6180BA #8CA2CD #B7C4E0 #E1E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8CA2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#8CA2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2CD

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2CD	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	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)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79ABB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.068 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbddc',
    500: '#8ca2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2cd;
$custom-light: #afbddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.692,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7109,
    "c": 0.0679,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2CD

secondary

#E4DED0

accent

#8733B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2CD

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

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