#8CA6CC#8CA6CC

#8CA6CC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.063 H 257.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA6CC
RGB	rgb(140, 166, 204)
HSL	hsl(216, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(216, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 18.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -0.05, -22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 22.31, 269.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0133 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.063 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3473, 37.2061, 62.4341)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA6CC #CCB28C

analogous

#8CC6CC #8CA6CC #928CCC

triadic

#8CA6CC #CC8CA6 #A6CC8C

tetradic

#8CA6CC #CC8CC6 #CCB28C #8CCC92

square

#8CA6CC #CC8CC6 #CCB28C #8CCC92

split-complementary

#8CA6CC #CC928C #C6CC8C

monochromatic

#44679A #6285B9 #8CA6CC #B6C7DF #E1E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#8CA6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#8CA6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA6CC

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA6CC	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 166, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.063 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc0db',
    500: '#8ca6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca6cc;
$custom-light: #afc0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.625,
    "s": 38.554,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71899,
    "c": 0.06282,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA6CC

secondary

#E4DCD0

accent

#7F34B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F7FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA6CC

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

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