#8CA2CE#8CA2CE

#8CA2CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.069 H 264.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2CE
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 206)
HSL	hsl(220, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(220, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 21.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, 2.68, -24.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 25.11, 276.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0073 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.069 264)
XYZ	xyz(34.8729, 35.8710, 63.4669)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2CE #CEB88C

analogous

#8CC3CE #8CA2CE #978CCE

triadic

#8CA2CE #CE8CA2 #A2CE8C

tetradic

#8CA2CE #CE8CC3 #CEB88C #8CCE97

square

#8CA2CE #CE8CC3 #CEB88C #8CCE97

split-complementary

#8CA2CE #CE978C #C3CE8C

monochromatic

#43619D #617FBC #8CA2CE #B7C5E0 #E2E7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8CA2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#8CA2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2CE

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2CE	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.069 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbddd',
    500: '#8ca2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2ce;
$custom-light: #afbddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 40.244,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71131,
    "c": 0.06926,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.35872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2CE

secondary

#E5DED1

accent

#8832B3

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2CE

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

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