#8CA4E2#8CA4E2

#8CA4E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.095 H 267.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA4E2
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 226)
HSL	hsl(223, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(223, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, 6.81, -33.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 34.65, 281.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0037 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.095 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8140, 37.6156, 77.2048)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA4E2 #E2CA8C

analogous

#8CCFE2 #8CA4E2 #9F8CE2

triadic

#8CA4E2 #E28CA4 #A4E28C

tetradic

#8CA4E2 #E28CCF #E2CA8C #8CE29F

square

#8CA4E2 #E28CCF #E2CA8C #8CE29F

split-complementary

#8CA4E2 #E29F8C #CFE28C

monochromatic

#315AC3 #5B7DD6 #8CA4E2 #BDCBEE #E7ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CA4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#8CA4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA4E2

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA4E2	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71B1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.095 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0beeb',
    500: '#8ca4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca4e2;
$custom-light: #b0beeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.256,
    "s": 59.722,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72415,
    "c": 0.09465,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA4E2

secondary

#F0EADA

accent

#981EC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA4E2

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

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