#8CA2E4#8CA2E4

#8CA2E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.100 H 269.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2E4
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 228)
HSL	hsl(225, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(225, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 28.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 8.48, -35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 36.76, 283.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0006 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.1 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7349, 37.0158, 78.5402)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2E4 #E4CE8C

analogous

#8CCEE4 #8CA2E4 #A28CE4

triadic

#8CA2E4 #E48CA2 #A2E48C

tetradic

#8CA2E4 #E48CCE #E4CE8C #8CE4A2

square

#8CA2E4 #E48CCE #E4CE8C #8CE4A2

split-complementary

#8CA2E4 #E4A28C #CEE48C

monochromatic

#2F55C7 #5A7AD8 #8CA2E4 #BECAF0 #E6EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#8CA2E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#8CA2E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2E4

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2E4	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70AFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.100 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bdec',
    500: '#8ca2e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2e4;
$custom-light: #b0bdec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 61.972,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72094,
    "c": 0.09973,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2E4

secondary

#F1EBDA

accent

#9E1CCA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2E4

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

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