#8CA5DC#8CA5DC

#8CA5DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.085 H 265.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA5DC
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 220)
HSL	hsl(221, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(221, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 25%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, 4.64, -30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 30.98, 278.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0068 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.085 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1847, 37.6513, 73.0044)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA5DC #DCC38C

analogous

#8CCDDC #8CA5DC #9B8CDC

triadic

#8CA5DC #DC8CA5 #A5DC8C

tetradic

#8CA5DC #DC8CCD #DCC38C #8CDC9B

square

#8CA5DC #DC8CCD #DCC38C #8CDC9B

split-complementary

#8CA5DC #DC9B8C #CDDC8C

monochromatic

#375FB6 #5D80CE #8CA5DC #BBCAEA #E8EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CA5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#8CA5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA5DC

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA5DC	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73B0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.085 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bfe7',
    500: '#8ca5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca5dc;
$custom-light: #b0bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72357,
    "c": 0.08528,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA5DC

secondary

#EDE6D7

accent

#9025C1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA5DC

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

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