#8CA5CE#8CA5CE

#8CA5CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.066 H 260.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA5CE
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(217, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(217, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 1.01, -23.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 23.74, 272.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0113 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.066 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4077, 36.9405, 63.6452)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA5CE #CEB58C

analogous

#8CC6CE #8CA5CE #948CCE

triadic

#8CA5CE #CE8CA5 #A5CE8C

tetradic

#8CA5CE #CE8CC6 #CEB58C #8CCE94

square

#8CA5CE #CE8CC6 #CEB58C #8CCE94

split-complementary

#8CA5CE #CE948C #C6CE8C

monochromatic

#43659D #6183BC #8CA5CE #B7C7E0 #E2E8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#8CA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#8CA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA5CE

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA5CE	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.066 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbfdd',
    500: '#8ca5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca5ce;
$custom-light: #afbfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.273,
    "s": 40.244,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71766,
    "c": 0.06635,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA5CE

secondary

#E5DDD1

accent

#8232B3

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F7FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA5CE

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

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