#8CA5CA#8CA5CA

#8CA5CA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.061 H 258.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA5CA
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 202)
HSL	hsl(216, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(216, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -0.00, -21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 21.73, 270.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0126 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.061 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9279, 36.7486, 61.1185)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA5CA #CAB18C

analogous

#8CC4CA #8CA5CA #928CCA

triadic

#8CA5CA #CA8CA5 #A5CA8C

tetradic

#8CA5CA #CA8CC4 #CAB18C #8CCA92

square

#8CA5CA #CA8CC4 #CAB18C #8CCA92

split-complementary

#8CA5CA #CA928C #C4CA8C

monochromatic

#456696 #6284B7 #8CA5CA #B6C6DD #E0E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#8CA5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#8CA5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA5CA

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA5CA	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.061 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbfda',
    500: '#8ca5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca5ca;
$custom-light: #afbfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.806,
    "s": 36.905,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71606,
    "c": 0.06107,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA5CA

secondary

#E3DBCF

accent

#7F36B0

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA5CA

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

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