#8CA3EC#8CA3EC

#8CA3EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.110 H 270.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3EC
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 236)
HSL	hsl(226, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(226, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 30.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 10.10, -39.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 40.49, 284.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% 0.0003 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.11 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0481, 37.8240, 84.5839)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3EC #ECD58C

analogous

#8CD3EC #8CA3EC #A58CEC

triadic

#8CA3EC #EC8CA3 #A3EC8C

tetradic

#8CA3EC #EC8CD3 #ECD58C #8CECA5

square

#8CA3EC #EC8CD3 #ECD58C #8CECA5

split-complementary

#8CA3EC #ECA58C #D3EC8C

monochromatic

#244FDA #5779E3 #8CA3EC #C1CDF5 #E5EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8CA3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#8CA3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3EC

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3EC	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AAAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CB2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.110 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bef2',
    500: '#8ca3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3ec;
$custom-light: #b1bef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.625,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72673,
    "c": 0.10968,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3EC

secondary

#F2ECD9

accent

#A512D4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3EC

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

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