#8CA6EA#8CA6EA

#8CA6EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.103 H 267.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA6EA
RGB	rgb(140, 166, 234)
HSL	hsl(223, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(223, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 29.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 7.85, -37.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 37.84, 281.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.004 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.103 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2981, 38.7864, 83.2418)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA6EA #EAD08C

analogous

#8CD5EA #8CA6EA #A18CEA

triadic

#8CA6EA #EA8CA6 #A6EA8C

tetradic

#8CA6EA #EA8CD5 #EAD08C #8CEAA1

square

#8CA6EA #EA8CD5 #EAD08C #8CEAA1

split-complementary

#8CA6EA #EAA18C #D5EA8C

monochromatic

#2757D5 #587EE1 #8CA6EA #C0CEF3 #E5EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8CA6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#8CA6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA6EA

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA6EA	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FACED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DB4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 166, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.103 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c0f1',
    500: '#8ca6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca6ea;
$custom-light: #b1c0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.404,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73193,
    "c": 0.10343,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA6EA

secondary

#F2EBD9

accent

#9D14D1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA6EA

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

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