#8EA4E6#8EA4E6

#8EA4E6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.100 H 269.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA4E6
RGB	rgb(142, 164, 230)
HSL	hsl(225, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(225, 38%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 28.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, 8.42, -35.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 36.68, 283.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0006 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.1 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7094, 38.0131, 80.1452)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA4E6 #E6D08E

analogous

#8ED0E6 #8EA4E6 #A48EE6

triadic

#8EA4E6 #E68EA4 #A4E68E

tetradic

#8EA4E6 #E68ED0 #E6D08E #8EE6A4

square

#8EA4E6 #E68ED0 #E6D08E #8EE6A4

split-complementary

#8EA4E6 #E6A48E #D0E68E

monochromatic

#2D55CC #5C7CDB #8EA4E6 #C0CCF1 #E6EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8EA4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#8EA4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA4E6

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA4E6	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EAAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 164, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.100 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2beee',
    500: '#8ea4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea4e6;
$custom-light: #b2beee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 63.768,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72731,
    "c": 0.09952,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA4E6

secondary

#F1EBDA

accent

#9F1ACC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA4E6

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

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