#8CA3D3#8CA3D3

#8CA3D3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.075 H 264.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3D3
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 211)
HSL	hsl(221, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(221, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 22.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, 3.41, -27.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 27.24, 277.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.007 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.075 264.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6668, 36.4715, 66.7758)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3D3 #D3BC8C

analogous

#8CC7D3 #8CA3D3 #998CD3

triadic

#8CA3D3 #D38CA3 #A3D38C

tetradic

#8CA3D3 #D38CC7 #D3BC8C #8CD399

square

#8CA3D3 #D38CC7 #D3BC8C #8CD399

split-complementary

#8CA3D3 #D3998C #C7D38C

monochromatic

#3F60A5 #6080C2 #8CA3D3 #B8C6E4 #E5EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#8CA3D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#8CA3D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3D3

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3D3	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA0D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77ADB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.075 264.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbee0',
    500: '#8ca3d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3d3;
$custom-light: #afbee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.563,
    "s": 44.654,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71551,
    "c": 0.07507,
    "h": 264.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3D3

secondary

#E8E1D3

accent

#8B2EB8

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3D3

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →