#8EA4E2#8EA4E2

#8EA4E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.094 H 269.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA4E2
RGB	rgb(142, 164, 226)
HSL	hsl(224, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(224, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, 7.35, -33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 34.55, 282.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0017 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.094 269)
XYZ	xyz(38.1541, 37.7910, 77.2208)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA4E2 #E2CC8E

analogous

#8ECEE2 #8EA4E2 #A28EE2

triadic

#8EA4E2 #E28EA4 #A4E28E

tetradic

#8EA4E2 #E28ECE #E2CC8E #8EE2A2

square

#8EA4E2 #E28ECE #E2CC8E #8EE2A2

split-complementary

#8EA4E2 #E2A28E #CEE28E

monochromatic

#3258C3 #5D7DD6 #8EA4E2 #BFCBEE #E7EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8EA4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#8EA4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA4E2

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA4E2	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74B0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 164, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.094 269.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1beeb',
    500: '#8ea4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea4e2;
$custom-light: #b1beeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.286,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7255,
    "c": 0.09396,
    "h": 269
  },
  "luminance": 0.37793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA4E2

secondary

#F0EBDB

accent

#9B1FC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA4E2

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

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