#8EA3DD#8EA3DD

#8EA3DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.088 H 268.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA3DD
RGB	rgb(142, 163, 221)
HSL	hsl(224, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(224, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 26.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, 6.58, -31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 32.41, 281.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0018 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.088 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2998, 37.1640, 73.6006)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA3DD #DDC88E

analogous

#8ECADD #8EA3DD #A08EDD

triadic

#8EA3DD #DD8EA3 #A3DD8E

tetradic

#8EA3DD #DD8ECA #DDC88E #8EDDA0

square

#8EA3DD #DD8ECA #DDC88E #8EDDA0

split-complementary

#8EA3DD #DDA08E #CADD8E

monochromatic

#385AB9 #5F7DCF #8EA3DD #BDC9EB #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#8EA3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#8EA3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA3DD

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA3DD	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76AFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 163, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.088 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bee7',
    500: '#8ea3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea3dd;
$custom-light: #b1bee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.051,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7212,
    "c": 0.08815,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA3DD

secondary

#EEE8D9

accent

#9724C1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA3DD

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

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