#8CA2CF#8CA2CF

#8CA2CF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.071 H 264.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2CF
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 207)
HSL	hsl(220, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(220, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 21.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, 2.94, -25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 25.63, 276.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0069 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.071 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9947, 35.9197, 64.1087)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2CF #CFB98C

analogous

#8CC3CF #8CA2CF #988CCF

triadic

#8CA2CF #CF8CA2 #A2CF8C

tetradic

#8CA2CF #CF8CC3 #CFB98C #8CCF98

square

#8CA2CF #CF8CC3 #CFB98C #8CCF98

split-complementary

#8CA2CF #CF988C #C3CF8C

monochromatic

#42609E #617FBD #8CA2CF #B7C5E1 #E2E8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8CA2CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#8CA2CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2CF

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2CF	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.071 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbddd',
    500: '#8ca2cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2cf;
$custom-light: #afbddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.299,
    "s": 41.104,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71173,
    "c": 0.07063,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2CF

secondary

#E6DFD1

accent

#8931B4

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2CF

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

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