#8EA0D8#8EA0D8

#8EA0D8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.085 H 270.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA0D8
RGB	rgb(142, 160, 216)
HSL	hsl(225, 49%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(225, 34%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 25.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, 6.96, -30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 31.30, 282.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% 0.0006 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.085 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1172, 35.8488, 69.9690)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA0D8 #D8C68E

analogous

#8EC5D8 #8EA0D8 #A18ED8

triadic

#8EA0D8 #D88EA0 #A0D88E

tetradic

#8EA0D8 #D88EC5 #D8C68E #8ED8A1

square

#8EA0D8 #D88EC5 #D8C68E #8ED8A1

split-complementary

#8EA0D8 #D8A18E #C5D88E

monochromatic

#3C58AF #617AC8 #8EA0D8 #BBC6E8 #E8ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8EA0D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#8EA0D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA0D8

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA0D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA0D8	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79ABB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 160, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.085 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bce4',
    500: '#8ea0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea0d8;
$custom-light: #b1bce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.405,
    "s": 48.684,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71279,
    "c": 0.08464,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA0D8

secondary

#EBE6D7

accent

#982ABC

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA0D8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →