#8CA4E1#8CA4E1

#8CA4E1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.093 H 267.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA4E1
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 225)
HSL	hsl(223, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(223, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 27.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 6.54, -33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 34.12, 281.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.004 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.093 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6772, 37.5609, 76.4843)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA4E1 #E1C98C

analogous

#8CCFE1 #8CA4E1 #9F8CE1

triadic

#8CA4E1 #E18CA4 #A4E18C

tetradic

#8CA4E1 #E18CCF #E1C98C #8CE19F

square

#8CA4E1 #E18CCF #E1C98C #8CE19F

split-complementary

#8CA4E1 #E19F8C #CFE18C

monochromatic

#325AC0 #5B7ED4 #8CA4E1 #BDCAEE #E7ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8CA4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#8CA4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA4E1

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA4E1	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71B0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.093 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0beea',
    500: '#8ca4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca4e1;
$custom-light: #b0beea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.059,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7237,
    "c": 0.09327,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA4E1

secondary

#EFE9D9

accent

#971FC6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA4E1

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

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