#8CA3DC#8CA3DC

#8CA3DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.087 H 267.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3DC
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 220)
HSL	hsl(223, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(223, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 25.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 5.77, -31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 31.98, 280.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0042 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.087 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8268, 36.9355, 72.8851)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3DC #DCC58C

analogous

#8CCBDC #8CA3DC #9D8CDC

triadic

#8CA3DC #DC8CA3 #A3DC8C

tetradic

#8CA3DC #DC8CCB #DCC58C #8CDC9D

square

#8CA3DC #DC8CCB #DCC58C #8CDC9D

split-complementary

#8CA3DC #DC9D8C #CBDC8C

monochromatic

#375CB6 #5D7DCE #8CA3DC #BBC9EA #E8ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#8CA3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#8CA3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3DC

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3DC	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74AFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.087 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bee7',
    500: '#8ca3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3dc;
$custom-light: #b0bee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.75,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7194,
    "c": 0.08747,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3DC

secondary

#EDE7D7

accent

#9425C1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3DC

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

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