#8CA2D2#8CA2D2

#8CA2D2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.075 H 265.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2D2
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 210)
HSL	hsl(221, 44%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(221, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 22.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, 3.71, -26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 27.20, 277.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.006 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.075 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3650, 36.0678, 66.0587)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2D2 #D2BC8C

analogous

#8CC5D2 #8CA2D2 #998CD2

triadic

#8CA2D2 #D28CA2 #A2D28C

tetradic

#8CA2D2 #D28CC5 #D2BC8C #8CD299

square

#8CA2D2 #D28CC5 #D2BC8C #8CD299

split-complementary

#8CA2D2 #D2998C #C5D28C

monochromatic

#405FA4 #607EC1 #8CA2D2 #B8C6E3 #E4E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8CA2D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#8CA2D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2D2

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2D2	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A5D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9FD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78ACB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.075 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbde0',
    500: '#8ca2d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2d2;
$custom-light: #afbde0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.143,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71299,
    "c": 0.07475,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2D2

secondary

#E7E1D2

accent

#8C2FB7

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2D2

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

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