#8CA4C8#8CA4C8

#8CA4C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.059 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA4C8
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 200)
HSL	hsl(216, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(216, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 18%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, 0.05, -21.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 21.14, 270.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.012 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.059 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5130, 36.2952, 59.8196)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA4C8 #C8B08C

analogous

#8CC2C8 #8CA4C8 #928CC8

triadic

#8CA4C8 #C88CA4 #A4C88C

tetradic

#8CA4C8 #C88CC2 #C8B08C #8CC892

square

#8CA4C8 #C88CC2 #C8B08C #8CC892

split-complementary

#8CA4C8 #C8928C #C2C88C

monochromatic

#466593 #6383B4 #8CA4C8 #B5C5DC #DFE6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#8CA4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#8CA4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA4C8

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA4C8	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.059 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbed8',
    500: '#8ca4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca4c8;
$custom-light: #afbed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71313,
    "c": 0.05932,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA4C8

secondary

#E2DACE

accent

#7F37AE

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA4C8

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

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