#8CA4E6#8CA4E6

#8CA4E6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.100 H 268.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA4E6
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 230)
HSL	hsl(224, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(224, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 28.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, 7.89, -35.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 36.77, 282.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0026 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.1 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3693, 37.8377, 80.1293)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA4E6 #E6CE8C

analogous

#8CD1E6 #8CA4E6 #A18CE6

triadic

#8CA4E6 #E68CA4 #A4E68C

tetradic

#8CA4E6 #E68CD1 #E6CE8C #8CE6A1

square

#8CA4E6 #E68CD1 #E6CE8C #8CE6A1

split-complementary

#8CA4E6 #E6A18C #D1E68C

monochromatic

#2C57CB #5A7CDB #8CA4E6 #BECCF1 #E6EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8CA4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#8CA4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA4E6

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA4E6	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EAAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FB1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.100 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0beee',
    500: '#8ca4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca4e6;
$custom-light: #b0beee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72597,
    "c": 0.10019,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA4E6

secondary

#F1EBDA

accent

#9C19CC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA4E6

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

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