#8CA4E7#8CA4E7

#8CA4E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.102 H 268.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA4E7
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 231)
HSL	hsl(224, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(224, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 29%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, 8.16, -36.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 37.30, 282.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0023 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.102 268.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5101, 37.8940, 80.8709)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA4E7 #E7CF8C

analogous

#8CD1E7 #8CA4E7 #A18CE7

triadic

#8CA4E7 #E78CA4 #A4E78C

tetradic

#8CA4E7 #E78CD1 #E7CF8C #8CE7A1

square

#8CA4E7 #E78CD1 #E7CF8C #8CE7A1

split-complementary

#8CA4E7 #E7A18C #D1E78C

monochromatic

#2B56CE #597CDC #8CA4E7 #BFCCF2 #E6EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8CA4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#8CA4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA4E7

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA4E7	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DAAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FB2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.102 268.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1beef',
    500: '#8ca4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca4e7;
$custom-light: #b1beef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.176,
    "s": 65.468,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72643,
    "c": 0.10158,
    "h": 268.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA4E7

secondary

#F1EBDA

accent

#9E18CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA4E7

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

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