#8EA4ED#8EA4ED

#8EA4ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.109 H 270.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA4ED
RGB	rgb(142, 164, 237)
HSL	hsl(226, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(226, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 30.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, 10.32, -39.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 40.42, 284.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.0013 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.109 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7122, 38.4142, 85.4265)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA4ED #EDD78E

analogous

#8ED4ED #8EA4ED #A88EED

triadic

#8EA4ED #ED8EA4 #A4ED8E

tetradic

#8EA4ED #ED8ED4 #EDD78E #8EEDA8

square

#8EA4ED #ED8ED4 #EDD78E #8EEDA8

split-complementary

#8EA4ED #EDA88E #D4ED8E

monochromatic

#244FDC #5979E5 #8EA4ED #C3CFF5 #E5EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8EA4ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#8EA4ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA4ED

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA4ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA4ED	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FB3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 164, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.109 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bef3',
    500: '#8ea4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea4ed;
$custom-light: #b2bef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.105,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73057,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA4ED

secondary

#F2ECD9

accent

#A711D5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA4ED

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

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