#8CA5E4#8CA5E4

#8CA5E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.096 H 267.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA5E4
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 228)
HSL	hsl(223, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(223, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 27.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, 6.78, -34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 35.19, 281.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0044 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.096 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2697, 38.0853, 78.7185)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA5E4 #E4CB8C

analogous

#8CD1E4 #8CA5E4 #9F8CE4

triadic

#8CA5E4 #E48CA5 #A5E48C

tetradic

#8CA5E4 #E48CD1 #E4CB8C #8CE49F

square

#8CA5E4 #E48CD1 #E4CB8C #8CE49F

split-complementary

#8CA5E4 #E49F8C #D1E48C

monochromatic

#2F5AC7 #5A7ED8 #8CA5E4 #BECCF0 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8CA5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#8CA5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA5E4

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA5E4	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.096 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bfec',
    500: '#8ca5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca5e4;
$custom-light: #b0bfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.955,
    "s": 61.972,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72712,
    "c": 0.09629,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA5E4

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#981CCA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA5E4

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

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