#8EA3E2#8EA3E2

#8EA3E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.095 H 269.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA3E2
RGB	rgb(142, 163, 226)
HSL	hsl(225, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(225, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 27.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 7.91, -34.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 35.07, 283.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0004 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.095 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9759, 37.4345, 77.1614)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA3E2 #E2CD8E

analogous

#8ECDE2 #8EA3E2 #A38EE2

triadic

#8EA3E2 #E28EA3 #A3E28E

tetradic

#8EA3E2 #E28ECD #E2CD8E #8EE2A3

square

#8EA3E2 #E28ECD #E2CD8E #8EE2A3

split-complementary

#8EA3E2 #E2A38E #CDE28E

monochromatic

#3256C3 #5D7BD6 #8EA3E2 #BFCBEE #E7EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8EA3E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#8EA3E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA3E2

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA3E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA3E2	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74B0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 163, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.095 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1beeb',
    500: '#8ea3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea3e2;
$custom-light: #b1beeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72344,
    "c": 0.09512,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA3E2

secondary

#F0EBDB

accent

#9D1FC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA3E2

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

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