#8CA9EA#8CA9EA

#8CA9EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.100 H 265.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA9EA
RGB	rgb(140, 169, 234)
HSL	hsl(221, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(221, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 27.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 6.16, -35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 36.31, 279.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0078 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.1 265.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8499, 39.8899, 83.4257)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA9EA #EACD8C

analogous

#8CD8EA #8CA9EA #9E8CEA

triadic

#8CA9EA #EA8CA9 #A9EA8C

tetradic

#8CA9EA #EA8CD8 #EACD8C #8CEA9E

square

#8CA9EA #EA8CD8 #EACD8C #8CEA9E

split-complementary

#8CA9EA #EA9E8C #D8EA8C

monochromatic

#275DD5 #5882E1 #8CA9EA #C0D0F3 #E5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#8CA9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#8CA9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA9EA

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA9EA	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DB6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 169, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.100 265.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c2f1',
    500: '#8ca9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca9ea;
$custom-light: #b1c2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.489,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73812,
    "c": 0.10009,
    "h": 265.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA9EA

secondary

#F2EAD9

accent

#9714D1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA9EA

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

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