#8CA6DD#8CA6DD

#8CA6DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.086 H 264.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA6DD
RGB	rgb(140, 166, 221)
HSL	hsl(221, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(221, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 24.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, 4.35, -30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 31.01, 278.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0078 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.086 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4986, 38.0666, 73.7644)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA6DD #DDC38C

analogous

#8CCEDD #8CA6DD #9A8CDD

triadic

#8CA6DD #DD8CA6 #A6DD8C

tetradic

#8CA6DD #DD8CCE #DDC38C #8CDD9A

square

#8CA6DD #DD8CCE #DDC38C #8CDD9A

split-complementary

#8CA6DD #DD9A8C #CEDD8C

monochromatic

#3660B8 #5D81CF #8CA6DD #BBCBEB #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8CA6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#8CA6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA6DD

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA6DD	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73B1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 166, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.086 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c0e7',
    500: '#8ca6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca6dd;
$custom-light: #b0c0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.741,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72609,
    "c": 0.08559,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA6DD

secondary

#EDE6D8

accent

#8F24C2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA6DD

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

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