#8EA3D9#8EA3D9

#8EA3D9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.083 H 267.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA3D9
RGB	rgb(142, 163, 217)
HSL	hsl(223, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(223, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 24.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, 5.53, -29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 30.28, 280.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0031 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.083 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7732, 36.9534, 70.8273)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA3D9 #D9C48E

analogous

#8EC8D9 #8EA3D9 #9E8ED9

triadic

#8EA3D9 #D98EA3 #A3D98E

tetradic

#8EA3D9 #D98EC8 #D9C48E #8ED99E

square

#8EA3D9 #D98EC8 #D9C48E #8ED99E

split-complementary

#8EA3D9 #D99E8E #C8D98E

monochromatic

#3C5CB1 #607ECA #8EA3D9 #BCC8E8 #E8ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#8EA3D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#8EA3D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA3D9

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA3D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA3D9	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78AEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea3d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 163, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.083 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bee5',
    500: '#8ea3d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea3d9;
$custom-light: #b1bee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea3d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.2,
    "s": 49.669,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71945,
    "c": 0.08259,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA3D9

secondary

#ECE6D7

accent

#9329BD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111215

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA3D9

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

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