#8CA5CC#8CA5CC

#8CA5CC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.064 H 259.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA5CC
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(217, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(217, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 0.50, -22.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 22.73, 271.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0119 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.064 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1662, 36.8440, 62.3737)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA5CC #CCB38C

analogous

#8CC5CC #8CA5CC #938CCC

triadic

#8CA5CC #CC8CA5 #A5CC8C

tetradic

#8CA5CC #CC8CC5 #CCB38C #8CCC93

square

#8CA5CC #CC8CC5 #CCB38C #8CCC93

split-complementary

#8CA5CC #CC938C #C5CC8C

monochromatic

#44659A #6284B9 #8CA5CC #B6C6DF #E1E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#8CA5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#8CA5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA5CC

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA5CC	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79ADB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.064 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbfdb',
    500: '#8ca5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca5cc;
$custom-light: #afbfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.563,
    "s": 38.554,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71686,
    "c": 0.06369,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA5CC

secondary

#E4DCD0

accent

#8034B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F7FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA5CC

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

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