#8CA8E7#8CA8E7

#8CA8E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.097 H 265.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA8E7
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 231)
HSL	hsl(222, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(222, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 27.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, 5.91, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 35.25, 279.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0074 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.097 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2372, 39.3483, 81.1133)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA8E7 #E7CB8C

analogous

#8CD6E7 #8CA8E7 #9D8CE7

triadic

#8CA8E7 #E78CA8 #A8E78C

tetradic

#8CA8E7 #E78CD6 #E7CB8C #8CE79D

square

#8CA8E7 #E78CD6 #E7CB8C #8CE79D

split-complementary

#8CA8E7 #E79D8C #D6E78C

monochromatic

#2B5DCE #5982DC #8CA8E7 #BFCEF2 #E6ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#8CA8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#8CA8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA8E7

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA8E7	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ADEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EB5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.097 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c1ef',
    500: '#8ca8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca8e7;
$custom-light: #b0c1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.538,
    "s": 65.468,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73469,
    "c": 0.09709,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA8E7

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#9618CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA8E7

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

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