#8CA6EE#8CA6EE

#8CA6EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.109 H 268.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA6EE
RGB	rgb(140, 166, 238)
HSL	hsl(224, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(224, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 30.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, 8.95, -38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 39.96, 282.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0029 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.109 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8793, 39.0189, 86.3024)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA6EE #EED48C

analogous

#8CD7EE #8CA6EE #A38CEE

triadic

#8CA6EE #EE8CA6 #A6EE8C

tetradic

#8CA6EE #EE8CD7 #EED48C #8CEEA3

square

#8CA6EE #EE8CD7 #EED48C #8CEEA3

split-complementary

#8CA6EE #EEA38C #D7EE8C

monochromatic

#2153DE #577DE6 #8CA6EE #C1CFF6 #E4EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8CA6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#8CA6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA6EE

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA6EE	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DACF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 166, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.109 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c0f4',
    500: '#8ca6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca6ee;
$custom-light: #b1c0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.082,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7338,
    "c": 0.10893,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA6EE

secondary

#F3ECD8

accent

#A20FD6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA6EE

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

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