#8EA4D8#8EA4D8

#8EA4D8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.080 H 266.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA4D8
RGB	rgb(142, 164, 216)
HSL	hsl(222, 49%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(222, 34%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 24.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, 4.71, -28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 29.25, 279.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0047 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.08 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8218, 37.2581, 70.2038)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA4D8 #D8C28E

analogous

#8EC9D8 #8EA4D8 #9D8ED8

triadic

#8EA4D8 #D88EA4 #A4D88E

tetradic

#8EA4D8 #D88EC9 #D8C28E #8ED89D

square

#8EA4D8 #D88EC9 #D8C28E #8ED89D

split-complementary

#8EA4D8 #D89D8E #C9D88E

monochromatic

#3C5FAF #617FC8 #8EA4D8 #BBC9E8 #E8EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#8EA4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#8EA4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA4D8

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA4D8	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78AEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 164, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.080 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bee4',
    500: '#8ea4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea4d8;
$custom-light: #b1bee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.162,
    "s": 48.684,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7211,
    "c": 0.08009,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA4D8

secondary

#EBE5D7

accent

#902ABC

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA4D8

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

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