#8EA4EE#8EA4EE

#8EA4EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.111 H 270.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA4EE
RGB	rgb(142, 164, 238)
HSL	hsl(226, 74%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(226, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 31.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 10.60, -39.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 40.95, 285.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.0016 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.111 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8587, 38.4728, 86.1981)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA4EE #EED88E

analogous

#8ED4EE #8EA4EE #A88EEE

triadic

#8EA4EE #EE8EA4 #A4EE8E

tetradic

#8EA4EE #EE8ED4 #EED88E #8EEEA8

square

#8EA4EE #EE8ED4 #EED88E #8EEEA8

split-complementary

#8EA4EE #EEA88E #D4EE8E

monochromatic

#244EDE #5979E6 #8EA4EE #C3CFF6 #E4EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8EA4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#8EA4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA4EE

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA4EE	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FB3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 164, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.111 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bef4',
    500: '#8ea4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea4ee;
$custom-light: #b2bef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.25,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73104,
    "c": 0.11063,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA4EE

secondary

#F3EDD8

accent

#A810D6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA4EE

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

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