#8CA4EE#8CA4EE

#8CA4EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.111 H 269.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA4EE
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 238)
HSL	hsl(225, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(225, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 31.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, 10.08, -39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 41.02, 284.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0004 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.111 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5185, 38.2974, 86.1822)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA4EE #EED68C

analogous

#8CD5EE #8CA4EE #A58CEE

triadic

#8CA4EE #EE8CA4 #A4EE8C

tetradic

#8CA4EE #EE8CD5 #EED68C #8CEEA5

square

#8CA4EE #EE8CD5 #EED68C #8CEEA5

split-complementary

#8CA4EE #EEA58C #D5EE8C

monochromatic

#2150DE #577AE6 #8CA4EE #C1CEF6 #E4EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8CA4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#8CA4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA4EE

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA4EE	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AABF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.111 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bef4',
    500: '#8ca4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca4ee;
$custom-light: #b1bef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.306,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72972,
    "c": 0.11126,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA4EE

secondary

#F3ECD8

accent

#A60FD6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA4EE

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

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