#8CA6DC#8CA6DC

#8CA6DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.084 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA6DC
RGB	rgb(140, 166, 220)
HSL	hsl(221, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(221, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 24.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, 4.08, -30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 30.49, 277.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0081 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.084 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3658, 38.0135, 73.0648)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA6DC #DCC28C

analogous

#8CCEDC #8CA6DC #9A8CDC

triadic

#8CA6DC #DC8CA6 #A6DC8C

tetradic

#8CA6DC #DC8CCE #DCC28C #8CDC9A

square

#8CA6DC #DC8CCE #DCC28C #8CDC9A

split-complementary

#8CA6DC #DC9A8C #CEDC8C

monochromatic

#3761B6 #5D82CE #8CA6DC #BBCAEA #E8EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8CA6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#8CA6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA6DC

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA6DC	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73B1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 166, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.084 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c0e7',
    500: '#8ca6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca6dc;
$custom-light: #b0c0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72566,
    "c": 0.08423,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA6DC

secondary

#EDE6D7

accent

#8E25C1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA6DC

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

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