#8CA4E4#8CA4E4

#8CA4E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.097 H 268.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA4E4
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 228)
HSL	hsl(224, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(224, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 28.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, 7.35, -34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 35.71, 281.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0031 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.097 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0900, 37.7260, 78.6586)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA4E4 #E4CC8C

analogous

#8CD0E4 #8CA4E4 #A08CE4

triadic

#8CA4E4 #E48CA4 #A4E48C

tetradic

#8CA4E4 #E48CD0 #E4CC8C #8CE4A0

square

#8CA4E4 #E48CD0 #E4CC8C #8CE4A0

split-complementary

#8CA4E4 #E4A08C #D0E48C

monochromatic

#2F58C7 #5A7DD8 #8CA4E4 #BECBF0 #E6EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CA4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#8CA4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA4E4

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA4E4	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.097 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0beec',
    500: '#8ca4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca4e4;
$custom-light: #b0beec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.636,
    "s": 61.972,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72506,
    "c": 0.09742,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA4E4

secondary

#F1EBDA

accent

#9A1CCA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA4E4

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

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