#8CA3E6#8CA3E6

#8CA3E6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.101 H 269.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3E6
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 230)
HSL	hsl(225, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(225, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 29.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, 8.46, -36.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 37.29, 283.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0013 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.101 269.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1910, 37.4812, 80.0698)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3E6 #E6CF8C

analogous

#8CD0E6 #8CA3E6 #A28CE6

triadic

#8CA3E6 #E68CA3 #A3E68C

tetradic

#8CA3E6 #E68CD0 #E6CF8C #8CE6A2

square

#8CA3E6 #E68CD0 #E6CF8C #8CE6A2

split-complementary

#8CA3E6 #E6A28C #D0E68C

monochromatic

#2C55CB #5A7BDB #8CA3E6 #BECBF1 #E6EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8CA3E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#8CA3E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3E6

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3E6	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FB1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.101 269.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0beee',
    500: '#8ca3e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3e6;
$custom-light: #b0beee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.667,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72392,
    "c": 0.10135,
    "h": 269.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3E6

secondary

#F1EBDA

accent

#9E19CC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3E6

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

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