#8CA2EF#8CA2EF

#8CA2EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.115 H 271.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA2EF
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 239)
HSL	hsl(227, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(227, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 32.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, 11.50, -41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 42.64, 285.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0023 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.115 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3108, 37.6461, 86.8397)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA2EF #EFD98C

analogous

#8CD4EF #8CA2EF #A88CEF

triadic

#8CA2EF #EF8CA2 #A2EF8C

tetradic

#8CA2EF #EF8CD4 #EFD98C #8CEFA8

square

#8CA2EF #EF8CD4 #EFD98C #8CEFA8

split-complementary

#8CA2EF #EFA88C #D4EF8C

monochromatic

#214BE0 #5677E8 #8CA2EF #C2CDF6 #E4E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CA2EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#8CA2EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA2EF

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA2EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA2EF	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87AAF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.115 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bdf4',
    500: '#8ca2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca2ef;
$custom-light: #b1bdf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72614,
    "c": 0.11504,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA2EF

secondary

#F3EDD8

accent

#AB0ED8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA2EF

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

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