#8CA9EC#8CA9EC

#8CA9EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.103 H 266.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA9EC
RGB	rgb(140, 169, 236)
HSL	hsl(222, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(222, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 28.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, 6.71, -36.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 37.36, 280.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0072 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.103 266)
XYZ	xyz(40.1388, 40.0054, 84.9475)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA9EC #ECCF8C

analogous

#8CD9EC #8CA9EC #9F8CEC

triadic

#8CA9EC #EC8CA9 #A9EC8C

tetradic

#8CA9EC #EC8CD9 #ECCF8C #8CEC9F

square

#8CA9EC #EC8CD9 #ECCF8C #8CEC9F

split-complementary

#8CA9EC #EC9F8C #D9EC8C

monochromatic

#245BDA #5782E3 #8CA9EC #C1D0F5 #E5EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8CA9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#8CA9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA9EC

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA9EC	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CB7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 169, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.103 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c2f2',
    500: '#8ca9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca9ec;
$custom-light: #b1c2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.875,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73903,
    "c": 0.10281,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.40008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA9EC

secondary

#F2EBD9

accent

#9912D4

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA9EC

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

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