#8EA3E1#8EA3E1

#8EA3E1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.094 H 269.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA3E1
RGB	rgb(142, 163, 225)
HSL	hsl(225, 58%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(225, 37%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 27.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, 7.65, -33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 34.54, 282.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0007 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.094 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8391, 37.3798, 76.4408)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA3E1 #E1CC8E

analogous

#8ECDE1 #8EA3E1 #A38EE1

triadic

#8EA3E1 #E18EA3 #A3E18E

tetradic

#8EA3E1 #E18ECD #E1CC8E #8EE1A3

square

#8EA3E1 #E18ECD #E1CC8E #8EE1A3

split-complementary

#8EA3E1 #E1A38E #CDE18E

monochromatic

#3357C1 #5E7CD4 #8EA3E1 #BECAEE #E7EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#8EA3E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#8EA3E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA3E1

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA3E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA3E1	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75AFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea3e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 163, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.094 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1beea',
    500: '#8ea3e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea3e1;
$custom-light: #b1beea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea3e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.819,
    "s": 58.042,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72299,
    "c": 0.09372,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA3E1

secondary

#F0EBDB

accent

#9C20C6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA3E1

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

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