#8CA4EF#8CA4EF

#8CA4EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.113 H 269.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA4EF
RGB	rgb(140, 164, 239)
HSL	hsl(225, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(225, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 31.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, 10.36, -40.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 41.56, 284.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0002 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.113 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6659, 38.3563, 86.9581)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA4EF #EFD78C

analogous

#8CD5EF #8CA4EF #A68CEF

triadic

#8CA4EF #EF8CA4 #A4EF8C

tetradic

#8CA4EF #EF8CD5 #EFD78C #8CEFA6

square

#8CA4EF #EF8CD5 #EFD78C #8CEFA6

split-complementary

#8CA4EF #EFA68C #D5EF8C

monochromatic

#214FE0 #5679E8 #8CA4EF #C2CFF6 #E4EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8CA4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#8CA4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA4EF

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA4EF	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AABF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 164, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.113 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bef4',
    500: '#8ca4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca4ef;
$custom-light: #b1bef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.455,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73019,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA4EF

secondary

#F3ECD8

accent

#A70ED8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA4EF

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

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