#8EA5DE#8EA5DE

#8EA5DE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.087 H 267.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5DE
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 222)
HSL	hsl(223, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(223, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 25.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 5.72, -31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 31.91, 280.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0042 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.087 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7913, 37.9333, 74.4237)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5DE #DEC78E

analogous

#8ECDDE #8EA5DE #9F8EDE

triadic

#8EA5DE #DE8EA5 #A5DE8E

tetradic

#8EA5DE #DE8ECD #DEC78E #8EDE9F

square

#8EA5DE #DE8ECD #DEC78E #8EDE9F

split-complementary

#8EA5DE #DE9F8E #CDDE8E

monochromatic

#375DBB #5F7FD0 #8EA5DE #BDCBEC #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8EA5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#8EA5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5DE

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5DE	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76B0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.087 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bfe8',
    500: '#8ea5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5de;
$custom-light: #b1bfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.75,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72579,
    "c": 0.08728,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5DE

secondary

#EEE8DA

accent

#9523C2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5DE

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

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