#8CA3EE#8CA3EE

#8CA3EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.112 H 270.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3EE
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 238)
HSL	hsl(226, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(226, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 31.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, 10.65, -40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 41.56, 284.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.0008 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.112 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3403, 37.9409, 86.1228)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3EE #EED78C

analogous

#8CD4EE #8CA3EE #A68CEE

triadic

#8CA3EE #EE8CA3 #A3EE8C

tetradic

#8CA3EE #EE8CD4 #EED78C #8CEEA6

square

#8CA3EE #EE8CD4 #EED78C #8CEEA6

split-complementary

#8CA3EE #EEA68C #D4EE8C

monochromatic

#214EDE #5778E6 #8CA3EE #C1CEF6 #E4EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8CA3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#8CA3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3EE

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3EE	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.112 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bef4',
    500: '#8ca3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3ee;
$custom-light: #b1bef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.918,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72768,
    "c": 0.11245,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3EE

secondary

#F3EDD8

accent

#A80FD6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3EE

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

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