#8CA3E7#8CA3E7

#8CA3E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.103 H 269.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3E7
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 231)
HSL	hsl(225, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(225, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 29.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, 8.73, -36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 37.83, 283.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.001 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.103 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3318, 37.5375, 80.8115)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3E7 #E7D08C

analogous

#8CD1E7 #8CA3E7 #A28CE7

triadic

#8CA3E7 #E78CA3 #A3E78C

tetradic

#8CA3E7 #E78CD1 #E7D08C #8CE7A2

square

#8CA3E7 #E78CD1 #E7D08C #8CE7A2

split-complementary

#8CA3E7 #E7A28C #D1E78C

monochromatic

#2B54CE #597ADC #8CA3E7 #BFCCF2 #E6EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8CA3E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#8CA3E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3E7

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3E7	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FB1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.103 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1beef',
    500: '#8ca3e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3e7;
$custom-light: #b1beef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.835,
    "s": 65.468,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72438,
    "c": 0.10274,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3E7

secondary

#F1EBDA

accent

#A018CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3E7

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

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