#8EA5DC#8EA5DC

#8EA5DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.085 H 266.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5DC
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 220)
HSL	hsl(222, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(222, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 25%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 5.19, -30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 30.86, 279.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0048 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.085 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5249, 37.8267, 73.0204)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5DC #DCC58E

analogous

#8ECCDC #8EA5DC #9E8EDC

triadic

#8EA5DC #DC8EA5 #A5DC8E

tetradic

#8EA5DC #DC8ECC #DCC58E #8EDC9E

square

#8EA5DC #DC8ECC #DCC58E #8EDC9E

split-complementary

#8EA5DC #DC9E8E #CCDC8E

monochromatic

#395EB7 #5F80CE #8EA5DC #BDCAEA #E8ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8EA5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#8EA5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5DC

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5DC	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76B0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.085 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bfe7',
    500: '#8ea5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5dc;
$custom-light: #b1bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.308,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72491,
    "c": 0.08451,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5DC

secondary

#EDE7D9

accent

#9225C0

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5DC

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

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