#8EA4E1#8EA4E1

#8EA4E1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.093 H 268.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA4E1
RGB	rgb(142, 164, 225)
HSL	hsl(224, 58%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(224, 37%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 27.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, 7.08, -33.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 34.02, 282.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.002 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.093 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0173, 37.7363, 76.5002)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA4E1 #E1CB8E

analogous

#8ECEE1 #8EA4E1 #A28EE1

triadic

#8EA4E1 #E18EA4 #A4E18E

tetradic

#8EA4E1 #E18ECE #E1CB8E #8EE1A2

square

#8EA4E1 #E18ECE #E1CB8E #8EE1A2

split-complementary

#8EA4E1 #E1A28E #CEE18E

monochromatic

#3359C1 #5E7DD4 #8EA4E1 #BECBEE #E7ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8EA4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#8EA4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA4E1

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA4E1	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	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)

#90A9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75B0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 164, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.093 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1beea',
    500: '#8ea4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea4e1;
$custom-light: #b1beea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.096,
    "s": 58.042,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72505,
    "c": 0.09257,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA4E1

secondary

#F0EADB

accent

#9A20C6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA4E1

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

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