#8CA9E7#8CA9E7

#8CA9E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.096 H 264.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA9E7
RGB	rgb(140, 169, 231)
HSL	hsl(221, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(221, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 26.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, 5.34, -34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 34.75, 278.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0086 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.096 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4225, 39.7189, 81.1751)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA9E7 #E7CA8C

analogous

#8CD7E7 #8CA9E7 #9C8CE7

triadic

#8CA9E7 #E78CA9 #A9E78C

tetradic

#8CA9E7 #E78CD7 #E7CA8C #8CE79C

square

#8CA9E7 #E78CD7 #E7CA8C #8CE79C

split-complementary

#8CA9E7 #E79C8C #D7E78C

monochromatic

#2B5FCE #5983DC #8CA9E7 #BFCFF2 #E6ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#8CA9E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#8CA9E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA9E7

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA9E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA9E7	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EB6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca9e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 169, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.096 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c2ef',
    500: '#8ca9e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca9e7;
$custom-light: #b0c2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca9e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.879,
    "s": 65.468,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73676,
    "c": 0.09601,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA9E7

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#9418CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA9E7

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

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