#8CA5CD#8CA5CD

#8CA5CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.065 H 259.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA5CD
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(217, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(217, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 0.75, -23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 23.23, 271.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0116 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.065 259.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2866, 36.8921, 63.0074)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA5CD #CDB48C

analogous

#8CC6CD #8CA5CD #938CCD

triadic

#8CA5CD #CD8CA5 #A5CD8C

tetradic

#8CA5CD #CD8CC6 #CDB48C #8CCD93

square

#8CA5CD #CD8CC6 #CDB48C #8CCD93

split-complementary

#8CA5CD #CD938C #C6CD8C

monochromatic

#43659B #6184BA #8CA5CD #B7C6E0 #E1E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#8CA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#8CA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA5CD

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA5CD	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79ADB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.065 259.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbfdc',
    500: '#8ca5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca5cd;
$custom-light: #afbfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71726,
    "c": 0.06502,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA5CD

secondary

#E4DDD0

accent

#8133B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F7FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA5CD

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

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