#8EA5E8#8EA5E8

#8EA5E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.101 H 269.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5E8
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 232)
HSL	hsl(225, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(225, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 28.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 8.40, -36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 37.22, 283.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0013 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.101 269.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1715, 38.4854, 81.6927)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5E8 #E8D18E

analogous

#8ED2E8 #8EA5E8 #A48EE8

triadic

#8EA5E8 #E88EA5 #A5E88E

tetradic

#8EA5E8 #E88ED2 #E8D18E #8EE8A4

square

#8EA5E8 #E88ED2 #E8D18E #8EE8A4

split-complementary

#8EA5E8 #E8A48E #D2E88E

monochromatic

#2B55D1 #5B7CDE #8EA5E8 #C1CDF2 #E6EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8EA5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#8EA5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5E8

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5E8	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EABEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71B3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.101 269.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bfef',
    500: '#8ea5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5e8;
$custom-light: #b2bfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.667,
    "s": 66.176,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73028,
    "c": 0.10113,
    "h": 269.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5E8

secondary

#F1EBDA

accent

#9F17CE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5E8

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

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