#8CA2DE#8CA2DE

#8CA2DE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.091 H 268.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2DE
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 222)
HSL	hsl(224, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(224, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 27%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, 6.87, -32.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 33.56, 281.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0023 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.091 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9164, 36.6884, 74.2295)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2DE #DEC88C

analogous

#8CCBDE #8CA2DE #9F8CDE

triadic

#8CA2DE #DE8CA2 #A2DE8C

tetradic

#8CA2DE #DE8CCB #DEC88C #8CDE9F

square

#8CA2DE #DE8CCB #DEC88C #8CDE9F

split-complementary

#8CA2DE #DE9F8C #CBDE8C

monochromatic

#3559BA #5C7CD0 #8CA2DE #BCC8EC #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#8CA2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#8CA2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2DE

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2DE	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA7E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73AEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.091 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bde8',
    500: '#8ca2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2de;
$custom-light: #b0bde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.902,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71822,
    "c": 0.09138,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2DE

secondary

#EEE8D8

accent

#9823C3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2DE

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

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