#8CA4E3#8CA4E3

#8CA4E3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.096 H 267.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA4E3
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 227)
HSL	hsl(223, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(223, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 27.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, 7.08, -34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 35.18, 281.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0034 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.096 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9516, 37.6706, 77.9296)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA4E3 #E3CB8C

analogous

#8CD0E3 #8CA4E3 #A08CE3

triadic

#8CA4E3 #E38CA4 #A4E38C

tetradic

#8CA4E3 #E38CD0 #E3CB8C #8CE3A0

square

#8CA4E3 #E38CD0 #E3CB8C #8CE3A0

split-complementary

#8CA4E3 #E3A08C #D0E38C

monochromatic

#3059C5 #5B7DD7 #8CA4E3 #BDCBEF #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CA4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#8CA4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA4E3

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA4E3	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.096 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0beec',
    500: '#8ca4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca4e3;
$custom-light: #b0beec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.448,
    "s": 60.839,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7246,
    "c": 0.09603,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA4E3

secondary

#F0EADA

accent

#991DC9

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA4E3

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

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