#8CA5E2#8CA5E2

#8CA5E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.094 H 266.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA5E2
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 226)
HSL	hsl(223, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(223, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 27%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 6.24, -33.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 34.13, 280.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.005 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.094 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9936, 37.9749, 77.2647)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA5E2 #E2C98C

analogous

#8CD0E2 #8CA5E2 #9E8CE2

triadic

#8CA5E2 #E28CA5 #A5E28C

tetradic

#8CA5E2 #E28CD0 #E2C98C #8CE29E

square

#8CA5E2 #E28CD0 #E2C98C #8CE29E

split-complementary

#8CA5E2 #E29E8C #D0E28C

monochromatic

#315BC3 #5B7FD6 #8CA5E2 #BDCBEE #E7ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8CA5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#8CA5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA5E2

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA5E2	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71B1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.094 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bfeb',
    500: '#8ca5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca5e2;
$custom-light: #b0bfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.558,
    "s": 59.722,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72622,
    "c": 0.09353,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA5E2

secondary

#F0E9DA

accent

#961EC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA5E2

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

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