#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
RGBrgb(142, 154, 228)
HSLhsl(232, 61%, 73%)
HSVhsv(232, 38%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(37.7%, 32.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(65.33, 13.58, -38.81)
CIE-LCHlch(65.33, 41.12, 289.28°)
OKLaboklab(70.61% 0.0118 -0.1085)
OKLCHoklch(70.61% 0.109 276.2)
XYZxyz(36.7104, 34.4619, 78.1013)
Luminance0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8E9AE41.002.667.897.89
#FFFFFF2.661.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8921.001.001.00
##0000007.8921.001.001.00

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

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#8E9AE4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva