#8EA5D5#8EA5D5

#8EA5D5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.075 H 264.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5D5
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 213)
HSL	hsl(221, 46%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(221, 33%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 22.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, 3.37, -26.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 27.19, 277.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0069 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.075 264.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6172, 37.4637, 68.2397)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5D5 #D5BE8E

analogous

#8EC9D5 #8EA5D5 #9B8ED5

triadic

#8EA5D5 #D58EA5 #A5D58E

tetradic

#8EA5D5 #D58EC9 #D5BE8E #8ED59B

square

#8EA5D5 #D58EC9 #D5BE8E #8ED59B

split-complementary

#8EA5D5 #D59B8E #C9D58E

monochromatic

#3F62AA #6181C4 #8EA5D5 #BBC9E6 #E7ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8EA5D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#8EA5D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5D5

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5D5	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A8D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.075 264.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bfe2',
    500: '#8ea5d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5d5;
$custom-light: #b1bfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.563,
    "s": 45.806,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72192,
    "c": 0.0749,
    "h": 264.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5D5

secondary

#EAE3D5

accent

#8B2CB9

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5D5

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

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