#8CA3DD#8CA3DD

#8CA3DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.089 H 267.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3DD
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 221)
HSL	hsl(223, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(223, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 26.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 6.03, -31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 32.51, 280.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0039 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.089 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9596, 36.9886, 73.5847)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3DD #DDC68C

analogous

#8CCBDD #8CA3DD #9D8CDD

triadic

#8CA3DD #DD8CA3 #A3DD8C

tetradic

#8CA3DD #DD8CCB #DDC68C #8CDD9D

square

#8CA3DD #DD8CCB #DDC68C #8CDD9D

split-complementary

#8CA3DD #DD9D8C #CBDD8C

monochromatic

#365BB8 #5D7DCF #8CA3DD #BBC9EB #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#8CA3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#8CA3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3DD

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3DD	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73AFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.089 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bee7',
    500: '#8ca3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3dd;
$custom-light: #b0bee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.963,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71984,
    "c": 0.08886,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3DD

secondary

#EDE7D8

accent

#9524C2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3DD

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

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