#8CA5FD#8CA5FD

#8CA5FD is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.131 H 270.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA5FD
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 253)
HSL	hsl(227, 97%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(227, 45%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 34.8%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 13.73, -46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 48.47, 286.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.002 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.131 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9944, 39.5752, 98.3354)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA5FD #FDE48C

analogous

#8CDDFD #8CA5FD #AC8CFD

triadic

#8CA5FD #FD8CA5 #A5FD8C

tetradic

#8CA5FD #FD8CDD #FDE48C #8CFDAC

square

#8CA5FD #FD8CDD #FDE48C #8CFDAC

split-complementary

#8CA5FD #FDAC8C #DDFD8C

monochromatic

#1447FB #5076FC #8CA5FD #C8D4FE #E1E7FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8CA5FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#8CA5FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA5FD

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA5FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA5FD	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85AEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7AA4FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63B7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca5fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.131 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bffe',
    500: '#8ca5fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca5fd;
$custom-light: #b2bffe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca5fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.726,
    "s": 96.581,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73908,
    "c": 0.13075,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA5FD

secondary

#F7EFD4

accent

#B300E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F7FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#111218

muted

#808186

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA5FD

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

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