#8EA3EC#8EA3EC

#8EA3EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.109 H 271.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA3EC
RGB	rgb(142, 163, 236)
HSL	hsl(227, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(227, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 30.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 10.62, -39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 40.42, 285.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0023 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.109 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3883, 37.9994, 84.5998)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA3EC #ECD78E

analogous

#8ED2EC #8EA3EC #A88EEC

triadic

#8EA3EC #EC8EA3 #A3EC8E

tetradic

#8EA3EC #EC8ED2 #ECD78E #8EECA8

square

#8EA3EC #EC8ED2 #ECD78E #8EECA8

split-complementary

#8EA3EC #ECA88E #D2EC8E

monochromatic

#254EDA #5A78E3 #8EA3EC #C2CEF5 #E5EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8EA3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#8EA3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA3EC

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA3EC	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AAAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 163, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.109 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bef2',
    500: '#8ea3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea3ec;
$custom-light: #b2bef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.596,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72807,
    "c": 0.10905,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA3EC

secondary

#F2EDD9

accent

#A812D3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA3EC

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

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