#8EA4EC#8EA4EC

#8EA4EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.108 H 270.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA4EC
RGB	rgb(142, 164, 236)
HSL	hsl(226, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(226, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 30.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, 10.05, -38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 39.88, 284.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.0011 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.108 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5665, 38.3559, 84.6592)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA4EC #ECD68E

analogous

#8ED3EC #8EA4EC #A78EEC

triadic

#8EA4EC #EC8EA4 #A4EC8E

tetradic

#8EA4EC #EC8ED3 #ECD68E #8EECA7

square

#8EA4EC #EC8ED3 #ECD68E #8EECA7

split-complementary

#8EA4EC #ECA78E #D3EC8E

monochromatic

#2550DA #5A7AE3 #8EA4EC #C2CEF5 #E5EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8EA4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#8EA4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA4EC

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA4EC	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 164, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.108 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bef2',
    500: '#8ea4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea4ec;
$custom-light: #b2bef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.957,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7301,
    "c": 0.10786,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA4EC

secondary

#F2ECD9

accent

#A612D3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA4EC

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

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