#8CA5FF#8CA5FF

#8CA5FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.133 H 271.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA5FF
RGB	rgb(140, 165, 255)
HSL	hsl(227, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(227, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 35.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, 14.30, -47.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 49.53, 286.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.0025 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.133 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3147, 39.7033, 100.0222)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA5FF #FFE68C

analogous

#8CDEFF #8CA5FF #AD8CFF

triadic

#8CA5FF #FF8CA5 #A5FF8C

tetradic

#8CA5FF #FF8CDE #FFE68C #8CFFAD

square

#8CA5FF #FF8CDE #FFE68C #8CFFAD

split-complementary

#8CA5FF #FFAD8C #DEFF8C

monochromatic

#1245FF #4F75FF #8CA5FF #C9D5FF #E0E7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#8CA5FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#8CA5FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA5FF

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA5FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA5FF	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84AEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79A5FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62B8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca5ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 165, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.133 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bfff',
    500: '#8ca5ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca5ff;
$custom-light: #b2bfff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca5ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.957,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74009,
    "c": 0.13349,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA5FF

secondary

#F7F0D4

accent

#B400E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F7FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#111218

muted

#808186

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA5FF

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

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