#8CA2EA#8CA2EA

#8CA2EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.108 H 270.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2EA
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 234)
HSL	hsl(226, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(226, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 30.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, 10.12, -38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 39.96, 284.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% 0.001 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.108 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5823, 37.3548, 83.0032)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2EA #EAD48C

analogous

#8CD1EA #8CA2EA #A58CEA

triadic

#8CA2EA #EA8CA2 #A2EA8C

tetradic

#8CA2EA #EA8CD1 #EAD48C #8CEAA5

square

#8CA2EA #EA8CD1 #EAD48C #8CEAA5

split-complementary

#8CA2EA #EAA58C #D1EA8C

monochromatic

#2750D5 #5878E1 #8CA2EA #C0CCF3 #E5EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#8CA2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#8CA2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2EA

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2EA	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EB1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.108 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bdf1',
    500: '#8ca2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2ea;
$custom-light: #b1bdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.957,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72374,
    "c": 0.10809,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2EA

secondary

#F2ECD9

accent

#A514D1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2EA

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

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