#8EA3D8#8EA3D8

#8EA3D8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.081 H 267.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA3D8
RGB	rgb(142, 163, 216)
HSL	hsl(223, 49%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(223, 34%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 24.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 5.27, -29.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 29.75, 280.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0034 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.081 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6436, 36.9015, 70.1444)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA3D8 #D8C38E

analogous

#8EC8D8 #8EA3D8 #9E8ED8

triadic

#8EA3D8 #D88EA3 #A3D88E

tetradic

#8EA3D8 #D88EC8 #D8C38E #8ED89E

square

#8EA3D8 #D88EC8 #D8C38E #8ED89E

split-complementary

#8EA3D8 #D89E8E #C8D88E

monochromatic

#3C5DAF #617EC8 #8EA3D8 #BBC8E8 #E8ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#8EA3D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#8EA3D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA3D8

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA3D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA3D8	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78AEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea3d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 163, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.081 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bee4',
    500: '#8ea3d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea3d8;
$custom-light: #b1bee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea3d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.973,
    "s": 48.684,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71902,
    "c": 0.0812,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA3D8

secondary

#EBE5D7

accent

#922ABC

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA3D8

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

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