#8CA5F5#8CA5F5

#8CA5F5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.120 H 270.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA5F5
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 245)
HSL	hsl(226, 84%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(226, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 32.7%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 11.47, -42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 44.21, 285.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% 0.0001 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.12 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7467, 39.0761, 91.7639)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA5F5 #F5DC8C

analogous

#8CDAF5 #8CA5F5 #A78CF5

triadic

#8CA5F5 #F58CA5 #A5F58C

tetradic

#8CA5F5 #F58CDA #F5DC8C #8CF5A7

square

#8CA5F5 #F58CDA #F5DC8C #8CF5A7

split-complementary

#8CA5F5 #F5A78C #DAF58C

monochromatic

#1B4DEB #5479F0 #8CA5F5 #C4D1FA #E3E9FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8CA5F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#8CA5F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA5F5

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA5F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA5F5	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89ADF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA4F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68B5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca5f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.120 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bff9',
    500: '#8ca5f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca5f5;
$custom-light: #b2bff9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca5f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.714,
    "s": 84,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73512,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA5F5

secondary

#F4EDD7

accent

#AC05E0

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F7FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA5F5

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

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