#8CA5DF#8CA5DF

#8CA5DF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.089 H 266.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA5DF
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 223)
HSL	hsl(222, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(222, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 26%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 5.44, -32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 32.55, 279.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0059 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.089 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5856, 37.8117, 75.1157)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA5DF #DFC68C

analogous

#8CCEDF #8CA5DF #9C8CDF

triadic

#8CA5DF #DF8CA5 #A5DF8C

tetradic

#8CA5DF #DF8CCE #DFC68C #8CDF9C

square

#8CA5DF #DF8CCE #DFC68C #8CDF9C

split-complementary

#8CA5DF #DF9C8C #CEDF8C

monochromatic

#345DBC #5C80D2 #8CA5DF #BCCAEC #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8CA5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#8CA5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA5DF

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA5DF	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A9E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.089 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bfe9',
    500: '#8ca5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca5df;
$custom-light: #b0bfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.928,
    "s": 56.463,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72488,
    "c": 0.0894,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA5DF

secondary

#EEE8D8

accent

#9321C4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA5DF

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

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