#8CA5F8#8CA5F8

#8CA5F8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.124 H 270.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA5F8
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 248)
HSL	hsl(226, 89%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(226, 44%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 33.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 12.31, -44.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 45.81, 285.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% 0.0009 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.124 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2083, 39.2608, 94.1955)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA5F8 #F8DF8C

analogous

#8CDBF8 #8CA5F8 #A98CF8

triadic

#8CA5F8 #F88CA5 #A5F88C

tetradic

#8CA5F8 #F88CDB #F8DF8C #8CF8A9

square

#8CA5F8 #F88CDB #F8DF8C #8CF8A9

split-complementary

#8CA5F8 #F8A98C #DBF88C

monochromatic

#194BF1 #5278F4 #8CA5F8 #C6D2FC #E2E8FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#8CA5F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#8CA5F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA5F8

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA5F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA5F8	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87ADFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA4F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66B6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca5f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.124 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bffb',
    500: '#8ca5f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca5f8;
$custom-light: #b2bffb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca5f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.111,
    "s": 88.525,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73659,
    "c": 0.12387,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA5F8

secondary

#F5EED6

accent

#B000E5

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F7FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA5F8

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

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