#8CA3CD#8CA3CD

#8CA3CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.067 H 262.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3CD
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(219, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(219, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, 1.87, -24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 24.12, 274.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0089 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.067 262.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9286, 36.1762, 62.8881)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3CD #CDB68C

analogous

#8CC4CD #8CA3CD #958CCD

triadic

#8CA3CD #CD8CA3 #A3CD8C

tetradic

#8CA3CD #CD8CC4 #CDB68C #8CCD95

square

#8CA3CD #CD8CC4 #CDB68C #8CCD95

split-complementary

#8CA3CD #CD958C #C4CD8C

monochromatic

#43629B #6181BA #8CA3CD #B7C5E0 #E1E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8CA3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#8CA3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3CD

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3CD	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79ACB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.067 262.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbedc',
    500: '#8ca3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3cd;
$custom-light: #afbedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.769,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71302,
    "c": 0.0669,
    "h": 262.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3CD

secondary

#E4DDD0

accent

#8533B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3CD

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

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