#8CA3CE#8CA3CE

#8CA3CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.068 H 262.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3CE
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 206)
HSL	hsl(219, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(219, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 20.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, 2.12, -24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 24.64, 274.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.0086 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.068 262.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0497, 36.2247, 63.5259)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3CE #CEB78C

analogous

#8CC4CE #8CA3CE #968CCE

triadic

#8CA3CE #CE8CA3 #A3CE8C

tetradic

#8CA3CE #CE8CC4 #CEB78C #8CCE96

square

#8CA3CE #CE8CC4 #CEB78C #8CCE96

split-complementary

#8CA3CE #CE968C #C4CE8C

monochromatic

#43629D #6181BC #8CA3CE #B7C5E0 #E2E8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8CA3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#8CA3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3CE

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3CE	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79ACB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.068 262.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbedd',
    500: '#8ca3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3ce;
$custom-light: #afbedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.091,
    "s": 40.244,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71343,
    "c": 0.06825,
    "h": 262.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3CE

secondary

#E5DED1

accent

#8632B3

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3CE

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

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