#8CA3DA#8CA3DA

#8CA3DA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.085 H 266.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3DA
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 218)
HSL	hsl(222, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(222, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 25.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, 5.24, -30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 30.92, 279.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0048 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.085 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5635, 36.8302, 71.4985)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3DA #DAC38C

analogous

#8CCADA #8CA3DA #9C8CDA

triadic

#8CA3DA #DA8CA3 #A3DA8C

tetradic

#8CA3DA #DA8CCA #DAC38C #8CDA9C

square

#8CA3DA #DA8CCA #DAC38C #8CDA9C

split-complementary

#8CA3DA #DA9C8C #CADA8C

monochromatic

#395DB2 #5E7ECB #8CA3DA #BAC8E9 #E8ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#8CA3DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#8CA3DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3DA

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3DA	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74AEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.085 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bee5',
    500: '#8ca3da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3da;
$custom-light: #b0bee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.308,
    "s": 51.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71852,
    "c": 0.08471,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3DA

secondary

#ECE5D6

accent

#9227BF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111215

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3DA

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

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