#8EA5E4#8EA5E4

#8EA5E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.096 H 268.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5E4
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 228)
HSL	hsl(224, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(224, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 27.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, 7.32, -34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 35.09, 282.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0024 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.096 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6098, 38.2607, 78.7344)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5E4 #E4CD8E

analogous

#8ED0E4 #8EA5E4 #A28EE4

triadic

#8EA5E4 #E48EA5 #A5E48E

tetradic

#8EA5E4 #E48ED0 #E4CD8E #8EE4A2

square

#8EA5E4 #E48ED0 #E4CD8E #8EE4A2

split-complementary

#8EA5E4 #E4A28E #D0E48E

monochromatic

#3058C8 #5D7ED8 #8EA5E4 #BFCCF0 #E6EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#8EA5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#8EA5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5E4

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5E4	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73B2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.096 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bfec',
    500: '#8ea5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5e4;
$custom-light: #b2bfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.953,
    "s": 61.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72846,
    "c": 0.09558,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5E4

secondary

#F0EBDB

accent

#9B1CC9

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5E4

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

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