#8EA4E5#8EA4E5

#8EA4E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.098 H 269.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA4E5
RGB	rgb(142, 164, 229)
HSL	hsl(225, 63%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(225, 38%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 28.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, 8.15, -35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 36.15, 283.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0008 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.098 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5694, 37.9571, 79.4078)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA4E5 #E5CF8E

analogous

#8ECFE5 #8EA4E5 #A48EE5

triadic

#8EA4E5 #E58EA4 #A4E58E

tetradic

#8EA4E5 #E58ECF #E5CF8E #8EE5A4

square

#8EA4E5 #E58ECF #E5CF8E #8EE5A4

split-complementary

#8EA4E5 #E5A48E #CFE58E

monochromatic

#2F56CA #5C7CDA #8EA4E5 #C0CCF0 #E6EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8EA4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#8EA4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA4E5

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA4E5	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EAAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73B1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 164, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.098 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2beed',
    500: '#8ea4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea4e5;
$custom-light: #b2beed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.828,
    "s": 62.59,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72686,
    "c": 0.09812,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA4E5

secondary

#F1EBDA

accent

#9E1BCA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA4E5

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

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