#8CA2ED#8CA2ED

#8CA2ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 270.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2ED
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 237)
HSL	hsl(226, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(226, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 31.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 10.95, -40.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 41.57, 285.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.0018 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.112 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0169, 37.5286, 85.2922)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2ED #EDD78C

analogous

#8CD3ED #8CA2ED #A78CED

triadic

#8CA2ED #ED8CA2 #A2ED8C

tetradic

#8CA2ED #ED8CD3 #EDD78C #8CEDA7

square

#8CA2ED #ED8CD3 #EDD78C #8CEDA7

split-complementary

#8CA2ED #EDA78C #D3ED8C

monochromatic

#224DDC #5777E5 #8CA2ED #C1CDF5 #E5EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8CA2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#8CA2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2ED

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2ED	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CB1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bdf3',
    500: '#8ca2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2ed;
$custom-light: #b1bdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.392,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72517,
    "c": 0.11226,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2ED

secondary

#F3EDD8

accent

#A810D5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2ED

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

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