#8CA5F9#8CA5F9

#8CA5F9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.125 H 270.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA5F9
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 249)
HSL	hsl(226, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(226, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 33.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, 12.59, -44.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 46.34, 285.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% 0.0011 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.125 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3639, 39.3230, 95.0147)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA5F9 #F9E08C

analogous

#8CDBF9 #8CA5F9 #AA8CF9

triadic

#8CA5F9 #F98CA5 #A5F98C

tetradic

#8CA5F9 #F98CDB #F9E08C #8CF9AA

square

#8CA5F9 #F98CDB #F9E08C #8CF9AA

split-complementary

#8CA5F9 #F9AA8C #DBF98C

monochromatic

#184AF3 #5277F6 #8CA5F9 #C6D3FC #E2E8FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#8CA5F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#8CA5F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA5F9

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA5F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA5F9	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87ADFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA4F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65B6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca5f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.125 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bffb',
    500: '#8ca5f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca5f9;
$custom-light: #b2bffb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca5f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.239,
    "s": 90.083,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73708,
    "c": 0.12525,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA5F9

secondary

#F6EED5

accent

#B100E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F7FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA5F9

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

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