#8EA3C8#8EA3C8

#8EA3C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.059 H 261.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA3C8
RGB	rgb(142, 163, 200)
HSL	hsl(218, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(218, 29%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 18.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 1.20, -21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 21.37, 273.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0086 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.059 261.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6749, 36.1141, 59.7761)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA3C8 #C8B38E

analogous

#8EC0C8 #8EA3C8 #968EC8

triadic

#8EA3C8 #C88EA3 #A3C88E

tetradic

#8EA3C8 #C88EC0 #C8B38E #8EC896

square

#8EA3C8 #C88EC0 #C8B38E #8EC896

split-complementary

#8EA3C8 #C8968E #C0C88E

monochromatic

#486394 #6581B4 #8EA3C8 #B7C5DC #E0E6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8EA3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#8EA3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA3C8

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA3C8	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 163, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.059 261.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bed8',
    500: '#8ea3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea3c8;
$custom-light: #b0bed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.276,
    "s": 34.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71239,
    "c": 0.05925,
    "h": 261.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA3C8

secondary

#E2DBD0

accent

#8338AD

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FA

border

#CFD0D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA3C8

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

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