#8CA6DB#8CA6DB

#8CA6DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.083 H 264.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA6DB
RGB	rgb(140, 166, 219)
HSL	hsl(220, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(220, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 24.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, 3.82, -29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 29.97, 277.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0084 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.083 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2338, 37.9607, 72.3694)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA6DB #DBC18C

analogous

#8CCEDB #8CA6DB #998CDB

triadic

#8CA6DB #DB8CA6 #A6DB8C

tetradic

#8CA6DB #DB8CCE #DBC18C #8CDB99

square

#8CA6DB #DB8CCE #DBC18C #8CDB99

split-complementary

#8CA6DB #DB998C #CEDB8C

monochromatic

#3861B4 #5D82CC #8CA6DB #BBCAEA #E8EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8CA6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#8CA6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA6DB

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA6DB	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74B1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 166, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.083 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c0e6',
    500: '#8ca6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca6db;
$custom-light: #b0c0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.253,
    "s": 52.318,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72522,
    "c": 0.08287,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA6DB

secondary

#ECE5D7

accent

#8D26C0

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA6DB

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

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