#8CA3FF#8CA3FF

#8CA3FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.136 H 272.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA3FF
RGB	rgb(140, 163, 255)
HSL	hsl(228, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(228, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 36.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, 15.44, -48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 50.65, 287.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.0049 -0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.136 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9568, 38.9875, 99.9029)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA3FF #FFE88C

analogous

#8CDDFF #8CA3FF #AF8CFF

triadic

#8CA3FF #FF8CA3 #A3FF8C

tetradic

#8CA3FF #FF8CDD #FFE88C #8CFFAF

square

#8CA3FF #FF8CDD #FFE88C #8CFFAF

split-complementary

#8CA3FF #FFAF8C #DDFF8C

monochromatic

#1241FF #4F72FF #8CA3FF #C9D4FF #E0E7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8CA3FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#8CA3FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA3FF

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA3FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA3FF	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81ADFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77A3FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62B6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca3ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 163, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.136 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2beff',
    500: '#8ca3ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca3ff;
$custom-light: #b2beff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca3ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73611,
    "c": 0.13593,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA3FF

secondary

#F7F0D4

accent

#B800E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#111218

muted

#808186

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA3FF

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

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