#8CA9DB#8CA9DB

#8CA9DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.080 H 261.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA9DB
RGB	rgb(140, 169, 219)
HSL	hsl(218, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(218, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 22.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, 2.14, -28.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 28.57, 274.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0123 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.08 261.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7855, 39.0641, 72.5533)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA9DB #DBBE8C

analogous

#8CD0DB #8CA9DB #968CDB

triadic

#8CA9DB #DB8CA9 #A9DB8C

tetradic

#8CA9DB #DB8CD0 #DBBE8C #8CDB96

square

#8CA9DB #DB8CD0 #DBBE8C #8CDB96

split-complementary

#8CA9DB #DB968C #D0DB8C

monochromatic

#3866B4 #5D86CC #8CA9DB #BBCCEA #E8EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8CA9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#8CA9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA9DB

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA9DB	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ACDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 169, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.080 261.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c2e6',
    500: '#8ca9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca9db;
$custom-light: #b0c2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.975,
    "s": 52.318,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73152,
    "c": 0.07985,
    "h": 261.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA9DB

secondary

#ECE4D7

accent

#8726C0

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA9DB

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

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