#8EA5D7#8EA5D7

#8EA5D7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.078 H 265.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5D7
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 215)
HSL	hsl(221, 48%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(221, 34%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 23.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 3.89, -27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 28.23, 277.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0063 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.078 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8726, 37.5658, 69.5849)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5D7 #D7C08E

analogous

#8EC9D7 #8EA5D7 #9C8ED7

triadic

#8EA5D7 #D78EA5 #A5D78E

tetradic

#8EA5D7 #D78EC9 #D7C08E #8ED79C

square

#8EA5D7 #D78EC9 #D7C08E #8ED79C

split-complementary

#8EA5D7 #D79C8E #C9D78E

monochromatic

#3D61AD #6181C7 #8EA5D7 #BBC9E7 #E8EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8EA5D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#8EA5D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5D7

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5D7	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A9D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78AFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.078 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bfe3',
    500: '#8ea5d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5d7;
$custom-light: #b1bfe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.096,
    "s": 47.712,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72277,
    "c": 0.07764,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5D7

secondary

#EBE4D6

accent

#8D2BBB

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5D7

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

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