#8CA9F5#8CA9F5

#8CA9F5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.115 H 267.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA9F5
RGB	rgb(140, 169, 245)
HSL	hsl(223, 84%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(223, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 31%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, 9.20, -41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 42.08, 282.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0048 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.115 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4794, 40.5417, 92.0082)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA9F5 #F5D88C

analogous

#8CDDF5 #8CA9F5 #A48CF5

triadic

#8CA9F5 #F58CA9 #A9F58C

tetradic

#8CA9F5 #F58CDD #F5D88C #8CF5A4

square

#8CA9F5 #F58CDD #F5D88C #8CF5A4

split-complementary

#8CA9F5 #F5A48C #DDF58C

monochromatic

#1B55EB #547FF0 #8CA9F5 #C4D3FA #E3EAFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8CA9F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#8CA9F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA9F5

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA9F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA9F5	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EB0F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A6F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67B9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca9f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 169, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.115 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c2f8',
    500: '#8ca9f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca9f5;
$custom-light: #b2c2f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca9f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.429,
    "s": 84,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74324,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA9F5

secondary

#F4ECD7

accent

#A405E0

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F7FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA9F5

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

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