#8EA3E8#8EA3E8

#8EA3E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.103 H 270.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA3E8
RGB	rgb(142, 163, 232)
HSL	hsl(226, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(226, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 29.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 9.53, -37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 38.28, 284.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% 0.0013 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.103 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8136, 37.7696, 81.5734)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA3E8 #E8D38E

analogous

#8ED0E8 #8EA3E8 #A68EE8

triadic

#8EA3E8 #E88EA3 #A3E88E

tetradic

#8EA3E8 #E88ED0 #E8D38E #8EE8A6

square

#8EA3E8 #E88ED0 #E8D38E #8EE8A6

split-complementary

#8EA3E8 #E8A68E #D0E88E

monochromatic

#2B51D1 #5B7ADE #8EA3E8 #C1CCF2 #E6EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8EA3E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#8EA3E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA3E8

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA3E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA3E8	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA9EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea3e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 163, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.103 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2beef',
    500: '#8ea3e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea3e8;
$custom-light: #b2beef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea3e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226,
    "s": 66.176,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72619,
    "c": 0.10349,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA3E8

secondary

#F1ECDA

accent

#A317CE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA3E8

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

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