#8CA2E5#8CA2E5

#8CA2E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.101 H 269.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2E5
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 229)
HSL	hsl(225, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(225, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 29.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, 8.75, -36.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 37.29, 283.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0003 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.101 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8741, 37.0715, 79.2734)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2E5 #E5CF8C

analogous

#8CCEE5 #8CA2E5 #A38CE5

triadic

#8CA2E5 #E58CA2 #A2E58C

tetradic

#8CA2E5 #E58CCE #E5CF8C #8CE5A3

square

#8CA2E5 #E58CCE #E5CF8C #8CE5A3

split-complementary

#8CA2E5 #E5A38C #CEE58C

monochromatic

#2D54C9 #5A7ADA #8CA2E5 #BECAF0 #E6EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#8CA2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#8CA2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2E5

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2E5	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70AFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.101 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bded',
    500: '#8ca2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2e5;
$custom-light: #b0bded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.169,
    "s": 63.121,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7214,
    "c": 0.10113,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2E5

secondary

#F1EBDA

accent

#9F1BCB

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2E5

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

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