#8CA4CF#8CA4CF

#8CA4CF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.069 H 262.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA4CF
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 207)
HSL	hsl(219, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(219, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 20.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, 1.82, -24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 24.70, 274.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0096 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.069 262)
XYZ	xyz(35.3499, 36.6299, 64.2271)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA4CF #CFB78C

analogous

#8CC5CF #8CA4CF #958CCF

triadic

#8CA4CF #CF8CA4 #A4CF8C

tetradic

#8CA4CF #CF8CC5 #CFB78C #8CCF95

square

#8CA4CF #CF8CC5 #CFB78C #8CCF95

split-complementary

#8CA4CF #CF958C #C5CF8C

monochromatic

#42639E #6182BD #8CA4CF #B7C6E1 #E2E8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#8CA4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#8CA4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA4CF

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA4CF	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78ADB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.069 262.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbedd',
    500: '#8ca4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca4cf;
$custom-light: #afbedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.507,
    "s": 41.104,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71595,
    "c": 0.06863,
    "h": 262
  },
  "luminance": 0.36631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA4CF

secondary

#E6DED1

accent

#8531B4

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA4CF

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

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