#8CA7DC#8CA7DC

#8CA7DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.083 H 263.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA7DC
RGB	rgb(140, 167, 220)
HSL	hsl(220, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(220, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 24.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 3.52, -29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 30.01, 276.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0094 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.083 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5483, 38.3785, 73.1256)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA7DC #DCC18C

analogous

#8CCFDC #8CA7DC #998CDC

triadic

#8CA7DC #DC8CA7 #A7DC8C

tetradic

#8CA7DC #DC8CCF #DCC18C #8CDC99

square

#8CA7DC #DC8CCF #DCC18C #8CDC99

split-complementary

#8CA7DC #DC998C #CFDC8C

monochromatic

#3762B6 #5D83CE #8CA7DC #BBCBEA #E8EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8CA7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#8CA7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA7DC

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA7DC	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73B2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 167, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.083 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c1e7',
    500: '#8ca7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca7dc;
$custom-light: #b0c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.75,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72775,
    "c": 0.08319,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA7DC

secondary

#EDE5D7

accent

#8C25C1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA7DC

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

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