#8CA7CD#8CA7CD

#8CA7CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.063 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA7CD
RGB	rgb(140, 167, 205)
HSL	hsl(215, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(215, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 18.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -0.36, -22.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 22.40, 269.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0143 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.063 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6501, 37.6192, 63.1286)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA7CD #CDB28C

analogous

#8CC7CD #8CA7CD #918CCD

triadic

#8CA7CD #CD8CA7 #A7CD8C

tetradic

#8CA7CD #CD8CC7 #CDB28C #8CCD91

square

#8CA7CD #CD8CC7 #CDB28C #8CCD91

split-complementary

#8CA7CD #CD918C #C7CD8C

monochromatic

#43689B #6186BA #8CA7CD #B7C8E0 #E1E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CA7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#8CA7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA7CD

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA7CD	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79AFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 167, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.063 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc1dc',
    500: '#8ca7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca7cd;
$custom-light: #afc1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.077,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72152,
    "c": 0.06327,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA7CD

secondary

#E4DCD0

accent

#7E33B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F7FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA7CD

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

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