#8CA7DF#8CA7DF

#8CA7DF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.087 H 264.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA7DF
RGB	rgb(140, 167, 223)
HSL	hsl(220, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(220, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 25.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 4.32, -31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 31.57, 277.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0085 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.087 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9492, 38.5388, 75.2369)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA7DF #DFC48C

analogous

#8CD0DF #8CA7DF #9A8CDF

triadic

#8CA7DF #DF8CA7 #A7DF8C

tetradic

#8CA7DF #DF8CD0 #DFC48C #8CDF9A

square

#8CA7DF #DF8CD0 #DFC48C #8CDF9A

split-complementary

#8CA7DF #DF9A8C #D0DF8C

monochromatic

#3461BC #5C82D2 #8CA7DF #BCCCEC #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8CA7DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#8CA7DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA7DF

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA7DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA7DF	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ABE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca7df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 167, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.087 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c1e9',
    500: '#8ca7df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca7df;
$custom-light: #b0c1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca7df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.482,
    "s": 56.463,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72905,
    "c": 0.08726,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA7DF

secondary

#EEE7D8

accent

#8F21C4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA7DF

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

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