#8EA3E6#8EA3E6

#8EA3E6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.101 H 270.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA3E6
RGB	rgb(142, 163, 230)
HSL	hsl(226, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(226, 38%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 29.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 8.99, -36.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 37.21, 283.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% 0.0007 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.101 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5312, 37.6566, 80.0858)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA3E6 #E6D18E

analogous

#8ECFE6 #8EA3E6 #A58EE6

triadic

#8EA3E6 #E68EA3 #A3E68E

tetradic

#8EA3E6 #E68ECF #E6D18E #8EE6A5

square

#8EA3E6 #E68ECF #E6D18E #8EE6A5

split-complementary

#8EA3E6 #E6A58E #CFE68E

monochromatic

#2D53CC #5C7ADB #8EA3E6 #C0CCF1 #E6EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8EA3E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#8EA3E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA3E6

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA3E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA3E6	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73B0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea3e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 163, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.101 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2beee',
    500: '#8ea3e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea3e6;
$custom-light: #b2beee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea3e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.682,
    "s": 63.768,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72527,
    "c": 0.10069,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA3E6

secondary

#F1EBDA

accent

#A11ACC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA3E6

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

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