#8EA5DB#8EA5DB

#8EA5DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.083 H 266.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5DB
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 219)
HSL	hsl(222, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(222, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 24.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 4.93, -29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 30.33, 279.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0051 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.083 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3928, 37.7739, 72.3250)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5DB #DBC48E

analogous

#8ECBDB #8EA5DB #9D8EDB

triadic

#8EA5DB #DB8EA5 #A5DB8E

tetradic

#8EA5DB #DB8ECB #DBC48E #8EDB9D

square

#8EA5DB #DB8ECB #DBC48E #8EDB9D

split-complementary

#8EA5DB #DB9D8E #CBDB8E

monochromatic

#3A5EB5 #6080CC #8EA5DB #BCCAEA #E8EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8EA5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#8EA5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5DB

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5DB	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77B0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.083 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bfe6',
    500: '#8ea5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5db;
$custom-light: #b1bfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.078,
    "s": 51.678,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72448,
    "c": 0.08313,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5DB

secondary

#EDE7D8

accent

#9126BF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5DB

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

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