#8CA4E5#8CA4E5

#8CA4E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.099 H 268.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA4E5
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 229)
HSL	hsl(224, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(224, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 28.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 7.62, -35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 36.24, 282.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0029 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.099 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2292, 37.7817, 79.3918)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA4E5 #E5CD8C

analogous

#8CD1E5 #8CA4E5 #A08CE5

triadic

#8CA4E5 #E58CA4 #A4E58C

tetradic

#8CA4E5 #E58CD1 #E5CD8C #8CE5A0

square

#8CA4E5 #E58CD1 #E5CD8C #8CE5A0

split-complementary

#8CA4E5 #E5A08C #D1E58C

monochromatic

#2D57C9 #5A7DDA #8CA4E5 #BECBF0 #E6EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8CA4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#8CA4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA4E5

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA4E5	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EAAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.099 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0beed',
    500: '#8ca4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca4e5;
$custom-light: #b0beed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.82,
    "s": 63.121,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72551,
    "c": 0.0988,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA4E5

secondary

#F1EBDA

accent

#9B1BCB

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA4E5

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

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