#8CA7EE#8CA7EE

#8CA7EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.108 H 267.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA7EE
RGB	rgb(140, 167, 238)
HSL	hsl(223, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(223, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 29.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, 8.39, -38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 39.44, 282.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0042 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.108 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0618, 39.3839, 86.3633)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA7EE #EED38C

analogous

#8CD8EE #8CA7EE #A28CEE

triadic

#8CA7EE #EE8CA7 #A7EE8C

tetradic

#8CA7EE #EE8CD8 #EED38C #8CEEA2

square

#8CA7EE #EE8CD8 #EED38C #8CEEA2

split-complementary

#8CA7EE #EEA28C #D8EE8C

monochromatic

#2155DE #577EE6 #8CA7EE #C1D0F6 #E4EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#8CA7EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#8CA7EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA7EE

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA7EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA7EE	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EADF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca7ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 167, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.108 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c0f4',
    500: '#8ca7ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca7ee;
$custom-light: #b1c0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca7ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.469,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73584,
    "c": 0.10779,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA7EE

secondary

#F3EBD8

accent

#9F0FD6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA7EE

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

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