#8EA1DD#8EA1DD

#8EA1DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.090 H 270.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA1DD
RGB	rgb(142, 161, 221)
HSL	hsl(226, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(226, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 27.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, 7.71, -32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 33.45, 283.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% 0.0008 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.09 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9475, 36.4594, 73.4832)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA1DD #DDCA8E

analogous

#8EC8DD #8EA1DD #A28EDD

triadic

#8EA1DD #DD8EA1 #A1DD8E

tetradic

#8EA1DD #DD8EC8 #DDCA8E #8EDDA2

square

#8EA1DD #DD8EC8 #DDCA8E #8EDDA2

split-complementary

#8EA1DD #DDA28E #C8DD8E

monochromatic

#3857B9 #5F7ACF #8EA1DD #BDC8EB #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#8EA1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#8EA1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA1DD

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA1DD	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77ADB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 161, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.090 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bce7',
    500: '#8ea1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea1dd;
$custom-light: #b1bce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.57,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71707,
    "c": 0.09048,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA1DD

secondary

#EEE9D9

accent

#9B24C1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA1DD

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

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