#8CA2EC#8CA2EC

#8CA2EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 270.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2EC
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 236)
HSL	hsl(226, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(226, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 31.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, 10.67, -39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 41.04, 285.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0016 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.111 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8712, 37.4703, 84.5249)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2EC #ECD68C

analogous

#8CD2EC #8CA2EC #A68CEC

triadic

#8CA2EC #EC8CA2 #A2EC8C

tetradic

#8CA2EC #EC8CD2 #ECD68C #8CECA6

square

#8CA2EC #EC8CD2 #ECD68C #8CECA6

split-complementary

#8CA2EC #ECA68C #D2EC8C

monochromatic

#244EDA #5778E3 #8CA2EC #C1CCF5 #E5EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8CA2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#8CA2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2EC

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2EC	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DB1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bdf2',
    500: '#8ca2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2ec;
$custom-light: #b1bdf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.25,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7247,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2EC

secondary

#F2ECD9

accent

#A712D4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2EC

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

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