#8CA8FF#8CA8FF

#8CA8FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.130 H 269.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA8FF
RGB	rgb(140, 168, 255)
HSL	hsl(225, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(225, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 34.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 12.59, -46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 47.89, 285.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0011 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.13 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.8621, 40.7983, 100.2047)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA8FF #FFE38C

analogous

#8CE2FF #8CA8FF #A98CFF

triadic

#8CA8FF #FF8CA8 #A8FF8C

tetradic

#8CA8FF #FF8CE2 #FFE38C #8CFFA9

square

#8CA8FF #FF8CE2 #FFE38C #8CFFA9

split-complementary

#8CA8FF #FFA98C #E2FF8C

monochromatic

#124BFF #4F7AFF #8CA8FF #C9D6FF #E0E8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#8CA8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#8CA8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA8FF

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA8FF	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88B1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA7FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61BAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 168, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.130 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c1ff',
    500: '#8ca8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca8ff;
$custom-light: #b2c1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.391,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74609,
    "c": 0.12991,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA8FF

secondary

#F7EFD4

accent

#AE00E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F7FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#111218

muted

#808186

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA8FF

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

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