#8CA3EF#8CA3EF

#8CA3EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.114 H 270.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3EF
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 239)
HSL	hsl(226, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(226, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 31.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 10.93, -40.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 42.10, 285.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% 0.0011 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.114 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4876, 37.9998, 86.8987)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3EF #EFD88C

analogous

#8CD4EF #8CA3EF #A78CEF

triadic

#8CA3EF #EF8CA3 #A3EF8C

tetradic

#8CA3EF #EF8CD4 #EFD88C #8CEFA7

square

#8CA3EF #EF8CD4 #EFD88C #8CEFA7

split-complementary

#8CA3EF #EFA78C #D4EF8C

monochromatic

#214DE0 #5678E8 #8CA3EF #C2CEF6 #E4EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8CA3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#8CA3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3EF

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3EF	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AAF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.114 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bef4',
    500: '#8ca3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3ef;
$custom-light: #b1bef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.061,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72816,
    "c": 0.11384,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3EF

secondary

#F3EDD8

accent

#A90ED8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3EF

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

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