#8EA4E0#8EA4E0

#8EA4E0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.091 H 268.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA4E0
RGB	rgb(142, 164, 224)
HSL	hsl(224, 57%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(224, 37%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 26.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 6.81, -32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 33.49, 281.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0023 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.091 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8813, 37.6819, 75.7839)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA4E0 #E0CA8E

analogous

#8ECDE0 #8EA4E0 #A18EE0

triadic

#8EA4E0 #E08EA4 #A4E08E

tetradic

#8EA4E0 #E08ECD #E0CA8E #8EE0A1

square

#8EA4E0 #E08ECD #E0CA8E #8EE0A1

split-complementary

#8EA4E0 #E0A18E #CDE08E

monochromatic

#345ABF #5E7DD3 #8EA4E0 #BECBED #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8EA4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#8EA4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA4E0

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA4E0	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)

#90A9E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75B0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 164, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.091 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1beea',
    500: '#8ea4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea4e0;
$custom-light: #b1beea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.902,
    "s": 56.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7246,
    "c": 0.09118,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA4E0

secondary

#EFEADA

accent

#9921C5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA4E0

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

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