#8CA6E7#8CA6E7

#8CA6E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.099 H 267.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA6E7
RGB	rgb(140, 166, 231)
HSL	hsl(223, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(223, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 28.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, 7.03, -35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 36.26, 281.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0048 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.099 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8708, 38.6155, 80.9912)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA6E7 #E7CD8C

analogous

#8CD4E7 #8CA6E7 #9F8CE7

triadic

#8CA6E7 #E78CA6 #A6E78C

tetradic

#8CA6E7 #E78CD4 #E7CD8C #8CE79F

square

#8CA6E7 #E78CD4 #E7CD8C #8CE79F

split-complementary

#8CA6E7 #E79F8C #D4E78C

monochromatic

#2B59CE #597FDC #8CA6E7 #BFCDF2 #E6EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8CA6E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#8CA6E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA6E7

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA6E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA6E7	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ABEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EB3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca6e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 166, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.099 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c0ef',
    500: '#8ca6e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca6e7;
$custom-light: #b0c0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca6e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 65.468,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73055,
    "c": 0.0993,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA6E7

secondary

#F1EBDA

accent

#9A18CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA6E7

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

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