#8CA4DD#8CA4DD

#8CA4DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.088 H 266.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA4DD
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 221)
HSL	hsl(222, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(222, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 25.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, 5.47, -31.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 32.00, 279.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0052 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.088 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1379, 37.3452, 73.6441)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA4DD #DDC58C

analogous

#8CCCDD #8CA4DD #9C8CDD

triadic

#8CA4DD #DD8CA4 #A4DD8C

tetradic

#8CA4DD #DD8CCC #DDC58C #8CDD9C

square

#8CA4DD #DD8CCC #DDC58C #8CDD9C

split-complementary

#8CA4DD #DD9C8C #CCDD8C

monochromatic

#365DB8 #5D7FCF #8CA4DD #BBC9EB #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#8CA4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#8CA4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA4DD

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA4DD	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73B0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.088 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bee7',
    500: '#8ca4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca4dd;
$custom-light: #b0bee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.222,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72192,
    "c": 0.08774,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA4DD

secondary

#EDE7D8

accent

#9324C2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA4DD

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

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