#8EA3CD#8EA3CD

#8EA3CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.066 H 264.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA3CD
RGB	rgb(142, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(220, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(220, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, 2.45, -23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 23.96, 275.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0069 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.066 264)
XYZ	xyz(35.2688, 36.3516, 62.9041)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA3CD #CDB88E

analogous

#8EC2CD #8EA3CD #988ECD

triadic

#8EA3CD #CD8EA3 #A3CD8E

tetradic

#8EA3CD #CD8EC2 #CDB88E #8ECD98

square

#8EA3CD #CD8EC2 #CDB88E #8ECD98

split-complementary

#8EA3CD #CD988E #C2CD8E

monochromatic

#45629C #6480BA #8EA3CD #B8C6E0 #E3E8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#8EA3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#8EA3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA3CD

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA3CD	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.066 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bedc',
    500: '#8ea3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea3cd;
$custom-light: #b0bedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7144,
    "c": 0.06603,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.36353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA3CD

secondary

#E5DFD2

accent

#8834B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F6FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA3CD

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

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