#8E9AE4#8E9AE4

#8E9AE4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.109 H 276.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9AE4
RGB	rgb(142, 154, 228)
HSL	hsl(232, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(232, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 32.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 13.58, -38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 41.12, 289.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% 0.0118 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.109 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7104, 34.4619, 78.1013)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9AE4 #E4D88E

analogous

#8EC5E4 #8E9AE4 #AD8EE4

triadic

#8E9AE4 #E48E9A #9AE48E

tetradic

#8E9AE4 #E48EC5 #E4D88E #8EE4AD

square

#8E9AE4 #E48EC5 #E4D88E #8EE4AD

split-complementary

#8E9AE4 #E4AD8E #C5E48E

monochromatic

#3045C8 #5D6ED8 #8E9AE4 #BFC6F0 #E6E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#8E9AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#8E9AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9AE4

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9AE4	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74A8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 154, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.109 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b7ed',
    500: '#8e9ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9ae4;
$custom-light: #b2b7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.628,
    "s": 61.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70609,
    "c": 0.10913,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9AE4

secondary

#F0EDDB

accent

#B11CC9

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9AE4

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

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