#8CA7DD#8CA7DD

#8CA7DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.085 H 263.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA7DD
RGB	rgb(140, 167, 221)
HSL	hsl(220, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(220, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 24.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, 3.79, -30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 30.53, 277.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0091 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.085 263.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6811, 38.4316, 73.8252)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA7DD #DDC28C

analogous

#8CCFDD #8CA7DD #998CDD

triadic

#8CA7DD #DD8CA7 #A7DD8C

tetradic

#8CA7DD #DD8CCF #DDC28C #8CDD99

square

#8CA7DD #DD8CCF #DDC28C #8CDD99

split-complementary

#8CA7DD #DD998C #CFDD8C

monochromatic

#3662B8 #5D83CF #8CA7DD #BBCBEB #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8CA7DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#8CA7DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA7DD

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA7DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA7DD	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73B2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca7dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 167, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.085 263.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c1e7',
    500: '#8ca7dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca7dd;
$custom-light: #b0c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca7dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72818,
    "c": 0.08454,
    "h": 263.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA7DD

secondary

#EDE6D8

accent

#8D24C2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA7DD

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

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