#8CA4E8#8CA4E8

#8CA4E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.103 H 268.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA4E8
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 232)
HSL	hsl(224, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(224, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 29.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, 8.44, -36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 37.83, 282.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.002 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.103 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6517, 37.9507, 81.6169)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA4E8 #E8D08C

analogous

#8CD2E8 #8CA4E8 #A28CE8

triadic

#8CA4E8 #E88CA4 #A4E88C

tetradic

#8CA4E8 #E88CD2 #E8D08C #8CE8A2

square

#8CA4E8 #E88CD2 #E8D08C #8CE8A2

split-complementary

#8CA4E8 #E8A28C #D2E88C

monochromatic

#2A55D0 #597CDE #8CA4E8 #BFCCF2 #E5EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8CA4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#8CA4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA4E8

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA4E8	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DAAEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EB2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.103 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1beef',
    500: '#8ca4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca4e8;
$custom-light: #b1beef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.348,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7269,
    "c": 0.10296,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA4E8

secondary

#F1EBDA

accent

#9F17CF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA4E8

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

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