#8EA4D9#8EA4D9

#8EA4D9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.081 H 266.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA4D9
RGB	rgb(142, 164, 217)
HSL	hsl(222, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(222, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 24.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, 4.97, -29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 29.78, 279.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0044 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.081 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9515, 37.3099, 70.8868)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA4D9 #D9C38E

analogous

#8EC9D9 #8EA4D9 #9D8ED9

triadic

#8EA4D9 #D98EA4 #A4D98E

tetradic

#8EA4D9 #D98EC9 #D9C38E #8ED99D

square

#8EA4D9 #D98EC9 #D9C38E #8ED99D

split-complementary

#8EA4D9 #D99D8E #C9D98E

monochromatic

#3C5EB1 #607FCA #8EA4D9 #BCC9E8 #E8EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#8EA4D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#8EA4D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA4D9

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA4D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA4D9	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78AFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea4d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 164, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.081 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bee5',
    500: '#8ea4d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea4d9;
$custom-light: #b1bee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea4d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.4,
    "s": 49.669,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72153,
    "c": 0.08148,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA4D9

secondary

#ECE6D7

accent

#9129BD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111215

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA4D9

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

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