#8EA0E2#8EA0E2

#8EA0E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.099 H 272.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA0E2
RGB	rgb(142, 160, 226)
HSL	hsl(227, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(227, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 29.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, 9.61, -35.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 36.68, 285.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.0035 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.099 272)
XYZ	xyz(37.4495, 36.3818, 76.9859)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA0E2 #E2D08E

analogous

#8ECAE2 #8EA0E2 #A68EE2

triadic

#8EA0E2 #E28EA0 #A0E28E

tetradic

#8EA0E2 #E28ECA #E2D08E #8EE2A6

square

#8EA0E2 #E28ECA #E2D08E #8EE2A6

split-complementary

#8EA0E2 #E2A68E #CAE28E

monochromatic

#3251C3 #5D77D6 #8EA0E2 #BFC9EE #E7EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#8EA0E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#8EA0E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA0E2

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA0E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA0E2	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75ADB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea0e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 160, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.099 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bbeb',
    500: '#8ea0e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea0e2;
$custom-light: #b1bbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea0e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71729,
    "c": 0.09871,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.36383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA0E2

secondary

#F0ECDB

accent

#A31FC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA0E2

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

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