#8CA4EA#8CA4EA

#8CA4EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.106 H 269.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA4EA
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 234)
HSL	hsl(225, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(225, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 29.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, 8.98, -37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 38.89, 283.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0015 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.106 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9374, 38.0650, 83.1216)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA4EA #EAD28C

analogous

#8CD3EA #8CA4EA #A38CEA

triadic

#8CA4EA #EA8CA4 #A4EA8C

tetradic

#8CA4EA #EA8CD3 #EAD28C #8CEAA3

square

#8CA4EA #EA8CD3 #EAD28C #8CEAA3

split-complementary

#8CA4EA #EAA38C #D3EA8C

monochromatic

#2753D5 #587BE1 #8CA4EA #C0CDF3 #E5EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8CA4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#8CA4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA4EA

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA4EA	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CAAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DB2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.106 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bef1',
    500: '#8ca4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca4ea;
$custom-light: #b1bef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.681,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72783,
    "c": 0.10573,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA4EA

secondary

#F2ECD9

accent

#A114D1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA4EA

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

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