#8CA3DE#8CA3DE

#8CA3DE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.090 H 267.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3DE
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 222)
HSL	hsl(223, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(223, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 26.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, 6.30, -32.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 33.04, 280.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0036 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.09 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0933, 37.0421, 74.2885)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3DE #DEC78C

analogous

#8CCCDE #8CA3DE #9E8CDE

triadic

#8CA3DE #DE8CA3 #A3DE8C

tetradic

#8CA3DE #DE8CCC #DEC78C #8CDE9E

square

#8CA3DE #DE8CCC #DEC78C #8CDE9E

split-complementary

#8CA3DE #DE9E8C #CCDE8C

monochromatic

#355BBA #5C7DD0 #8CA3DE #BCC9EC #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#8CA3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#8CA3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3DE

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3DE	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73AFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.090 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bee8',
    500: '#8ca3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3de;
$custom-light: #b0bee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.171,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72029,
    "c": 0.09024,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3DE

secondary

#EEE8D8

accent

#9623C3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3DE

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

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