#8EA5DD#8EA5DD

#8EA5DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.086 H 267.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5DD
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 221)
HSL	hsl(223, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(223, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 25.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, 5.46, -30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 31.39, 280.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0045 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.086 267)
XYZ	xyz(37.6577, 37.8799, 73.7199)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5DD #DDC68E

analogous

#8ECCDD #8EA5DD #9E8EDD

triadic

#8EA5DD #DD8EA5 #A5DD8E

tetradic

#8EA5DD #DD8ECC #DDC68E #8EDD9E

square

#8EA5DD #DD8ECC #DDC68E #8EDD9E

split-complementary

#8EA5DD #DD9E8E #CCDD8E

monochromatic

#385DB9 #5F80CF #8EA5DD #BDCAEB #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8EA5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#8EA5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5DD

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5DD	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76B0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.086 267.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bfe7',
    500: '#8ea5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5dd;
$custom-light: #b1bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.532,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72535,
    "c": 0.0859,
    "h": 267
  },
  "luminance": 0.37882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5DD

secondary

#EEE8D9

accent

#9424C1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5DD

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

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