#8CA8EC#8CA8EC

#8CA8EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.104 H 266.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA8EC
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 236)
HSL	hsl(223, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(223, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 28.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 7.27, -37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 37.87, 281.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.006 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.104 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9535, 39.6348, 84.8857)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA8EC #ECD08C

analogous

#8CD8EC #8CA8EC #A08CEC

triadic

#8CA8EC #EC8CA8 #A8EC8C

tetradic

#8CA8EC #EC8CD8 #ECD08C #8CECA0

square

#8CA8EC #EC8CD8 #ECD08C #8CECA0

split-complementary

#8CA8EC #ECA08C #D8EC8C

monochromatic

#2459DA #5780E3 #8CA8EC #C1D0F5 #E5EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#8CA8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#8CA8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA8EC

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA8EC	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CB6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.104 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c1f2',
    500: '#8ca8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca8ec;
$custom-light: #b1c1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.5,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73697,
    "c": 0.10392,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA8EC

secondary

#F2EBD9

accent

#9B12D4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA8EC

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

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