#8CA8EA#8CA8EA

#8CA8EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.101 H 266.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA8EA
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 234)
HSL	hsl(222, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(222, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 6.72, -36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 36.82, 280.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0065 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.101 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6645, 39.5192, 83.3639)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA8EA #EACE8C

analogous

#8CD7EA #8CA8EA #9F8CEA

triadic

#8CA8EA #EA8CA8 #A8EA8C

tetradic

#8CA8EA #EA8CD7 #EACE8C #8CEA9F

square

#8CA8EA #EA8CD7 #EACE8C #8CEA9F

split-complementary

#8CA8EA #EA9F8C #D7EA8C

monochromatic

#275BD5 #5881E1 #8CA8EA #C0CFF3 #E5EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8CA8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#8CA8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA8EA

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA8EA	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ADED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DB6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.101 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c1f1',
    500: '#8ca8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca8ea;
$custom-light: #b1c1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.128,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73605,
    "c": 0.10119,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA8EA

secondary

#F2EAD9

accent

#9914D1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA8EA

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

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