#8EA2E2#8EA2E2

#8EA2E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.096 H 270.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA2E2
RGB	rgb(142, 162, 226)
HSL	hsl(226, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(226, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 28.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 8.48, -34.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 35.60, 283.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% 0.0009 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.096 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7990, 37.0808, 77.1024)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA2E2 #E2CE8E

analogous

#8ECCE2 #8EA2E2 #A48EE2

triadic

#8EA2E2 #E28EA2 #A2E28E

tetradic

#8EA2E2 #E28ECC #E2CE8E #8EE2A4

square

#8EA2E2 #E28ECC #E2CE8E #8EE2A4

split-complementary

#8EA2E2 #E2A48E #CCE28E

monochromatic

#3255C3 #5D7AD6 #8EA2E2 #BFCAEE #E7EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#8EA2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#8EA2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA2E2

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA2E2	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74AFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 162, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.096 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bdeb',
    500: '#8ea2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea2e2;
$custom-light: #b1bdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.714,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72139,
    "c": 0.0963,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA2E2

secondary

#F0EBDB

accent

#9F1FC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA2E2

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

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