#8CA2DD#8CA2DD

#8CA2DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.090 H 268.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2DD
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 221)
HSL	hsl(224, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(224, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 26.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, 6.60, -32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 33.02, 281.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0026 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.09 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7828, 36.6349, 73.5257)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2DD #DDC78C

analogous

#8CCADD #8CA2DD #9E8CDD

triadic

#8CA2DD #DD8CA2 #A2DD8C

tetradic

#8CA2DD #DD8CCA #DDC78C #8CDD9E

square

#8CA2DD #DD8CCA #DDC78C #8CDD9E

split-complementary

#8CA2DD #DD9E8C #CADD8C

monochromatic

#365AB8 #5D7CCF #8CA2DD #BBC8EB #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#8CA2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#8CA2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2DD

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2DD	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73AEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.090 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bde7',
    500: '#8ca2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2dd;
$custom-light: #b0bde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.704,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71777,
    "c": 0.08999,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2DD

secondary

#EDE7D8

accent

#9724C2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2DD

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

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