#8EA5E2#8EA5E2

#8EA5E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.093 H 268.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5E2
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 226)
HSL	hsl(224, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(224, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 27%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, 6.78, -33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 34.03, 281.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.003 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.093 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3338, 38.1503, 77.2807)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5E2 #E2CB8E

analogous

#8ECFE2 #8EA5E2 #A18EE2

triadic

#8EA5E2 #E28EA5 #A5E28E

tetradic

#8EA5E2 #E28ECF #E2CB8E #8EE2A1

square

#8EA5E2 #E28ECF #E2CB8E #8EE2A1

split-complementary

#8EA5E2 #E2A18E #CFE28E

monochromatic

#325AC3 #5D7ED6 #8EA5E2 #BFCCEE #E7ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#8EA5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#8EA5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5E2

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5E2	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74B1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.093 268.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bfeb',
    500: '#8ea5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5e2;
$custom-light: #b1bfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.571,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72756,
    "c": 0.09281,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5E2

secondary

#F0EADB

accent

#991FC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5E2

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

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