#8EA3E7#8EA3E7

#8EA3E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.102 H 270.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA3E7
RGB	rgb(142, 163, 231)
HSL	hsl(226, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(226, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 29.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 9.26, -36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 37.75, 284.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.001 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.102 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6720, 37.7129, 80.8275)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA3E7 #E7D28E

analogous

#8ECFE7 #8EA3E7 #A58EE7

triadic

#8EA3E7 #E78EA3 #A3E78E

tetradic

#8EA3E7 #E78ECF #E7D28E #8EE7A5

square

#8EA3E7 #E78ECF #E7D28E #8EE7A5

split-complementary

#8EA3E7 #E7A58E #CFE78E

monochromatic

#2C52CF #5C7ADC #8EA3E7 #C0CCF2 #E6EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8EA3E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#8EA3E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA3E7

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA3E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA3E7	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea3e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 163, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.102 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2beef',
    500: '#8ea3e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea3e7;
$custom-light: #b2beef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea3e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.843,
    "s": 64.964,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72573,
    "c": 0.10209,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA3E7

secondary

#F1ECDA

accent

#A219CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA3E7

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

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