#8EA4E3#8EA4E3

#8EA4E3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.095 H 269.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA4E3
RGB	rgb(142, 164, 227)
HSL	hsl(224, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(224, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 27.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, 7.61, -34.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 35.08, 282.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0014 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.095 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2918, 37.8460, 77.9456)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA4E3 #E3CD8E

analogous

#8ECEE3 #8EA4E3 #A38EE3

triadic

#8EA4E3 #E38EA4 #A4E38E

tetradic

#8EA4E3 #E38ECE #E3CD8E #8EE3A3

square

#8EA4E3 #E38ECE #E3CD8E #8EE3A3

split-complementary

#8EA4E3 #E3A38E #CEE38E

monochromatic

#3157C6 #5D7DD7 #8EA4E3 #BFCBEF #E6EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8EA4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#8EA4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA4E3

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA4E3	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74B1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 164, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.095 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2beec',
    500: '#8ea4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea4e3;
$custom-light: #b2beec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.471,
    "s": 60.284,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72595,
    "c": 0.09535,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA4E3

secondary

#F0EBDB

accent

#9C1EC8

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA4E3

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

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