#8CA3EA#8CA3EA

#8CA3EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.107 H 269.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3EA
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 234)
HSL	hsl(225, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(225, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 30.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 9.55, -38.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 39.43, 284.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0002 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.107 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7592, 37.7085, 83.0621)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3EA #EAD38C

analogous

#8CD2EA #8CA3EA #A48CEA

triadic

#8CA3EA #EA8CA3 #A3EA8C

tetradic

#8CA3EA #EA8CD2 #EAD38C #8CEAA4

square

#8CA3EA #EA8CD2 #EAD38C #8CEAA4

split-complementary

#8CA3EA #EAA48C #D2EA8C

monochromatic

#2751D5 #587AE1 #8CA3EA #C0CCF3 #E5EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CA3EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#8CA3EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3EA

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3EA	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DB1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.107 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bef1',
    500: '#8ca3ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3ea;
$custom-light: #b1bef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.319,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72578,
    "c": 0.1069,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3EA

secondary

#F2ECD9

accent

#A314D1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3EA

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

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