#8CA5C8#8CA5C8

#8CA5C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.058 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA5C8
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(215, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(215, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -0.50, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 20.73, 268.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0133 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.058 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6926, 36.6545, 59.8795)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA5C8 #C8AF8C

analogous

#8CC3C8 #8CA5C8 #918CC8

triadic

#8CA5C8 #C88CA5 #A5C88C

tetradic

#8CA5C8 #C88CC3 #C8AF8C #8CC891

square

#8CA5C8 #C88CC3 #C8AF8C #8CC891

split-complementary

#8CA5C8 #C8918C #C3C88C

monochromatic

#466693 #6385B4 #8CA5C8 #B5C5DC #DFE6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#8CA5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#8CA5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA5C8

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA5C8	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A0C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BACB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.058 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbfd8',
    500: '#8ca5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca5c8;
$custom-light: #afbfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71526,
    "c": 0.05848,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA5C8

secondary

#E2DACE

accent

#7D37AE

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA5C8

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

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