#8CA3CA#8CA3CA

#8CA3CA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.063 H 260.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3CA
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 202)
HSL	hsl(218, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(218, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 19.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 1.11, -22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 22.58, 272.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0099 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.063 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5700, 36.0328, 60.9992)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3CA #CAB38C

analogous

#8CC2CA #8CA3CA #948CCA

triadic

#8CA3CA #CA8CA3 #A3CA8C

tetradic

#8CA3CA #CA8CC2 #CAB38C #8CCA94

square

#8CA3CA #CA8CC2 #CAB38C #8CCA94

split-complementary

#8CA3CA #CA948C #C2CA8C

monochromatic

#456396 #6281B7 #8CA3CA #B6C5DD #E0E6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8CA3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#8CA3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3CA

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3CA	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AABB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.063 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbeda',
    500: '#8ca3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3ca;
$custom-light: #afbeda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.742,
    "s": 36.905,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7118,
    "c": 0.06287,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3CA

secondary

#E3DBCF

accent

#8336B0

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3CA

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

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