#8CA3F8#8CA3F8

#8CA3F8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.126 H 271.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3F8
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 248)
HSL	hsl(227, 89%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(227, 44%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 34.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 13.45, -44.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 46.91, 286.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.0033 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.126 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8504, 38.5450, 94.0762)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3F8 #F8E18C

analogous

#8CD9F8 #8CA3F8 #AB8CF8

triadic

#8CA3F8 #F88CA3 #A3F88C

tetradic

#8CA3F8 #F88CD9 #F8E18C #8CF8AB

square

#8CA3F8 #F88CD9 #F8E18C #8CF8AB

split-complementary

#8CA3F8 #F8AB8C #D9F88C

monochromatic

#1947F1 #5275F4 #8CA3F8 #C6D1FC #E2E8FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8CA3F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#8CA3F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3F8

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3F8	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85ACFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7BA3F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66B4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.126 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2befb',
    500: '#8ca3f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3f8;
$custom-light: #b2befb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.222,
    "s": 88.525,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73257,
    "c": 0.12629,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3F8

secondary

#F5EFD6

accent

#B400E5

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3F8

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

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