#8EA5EC#8EA5EC

#8EA5EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.107 H 269.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5EC
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 236)
HSL	hsl(225, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(225, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 30.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, 9.48, -38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 39.35, 283.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0002 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.107 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7462, 38.7153, 84.7191)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5EC #ECD58E

analogous

#8ED4EC #8EA5EC #A68EEC

triadic

#8EA5EC #EC8EA5 #A5EC8E

tetradic

#8EA5EC #EC8ED4 #ECD58E #8EECA6

square

#8EA5EC #EC8ED4 #ECD58E #8EECA6

split-complementary

#8EA5EC #ECA68E #D4EC8E

monochromatic

#2552DA #5A7BE3 #8EA5EC #C2CFF5 #E5EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8EA5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#8EA5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5EC

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5EC	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DACEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.107 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bff2',
    500: '#8ea5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5ec;
$custom-light: #b2bff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.319,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73213,
    "c": 0.10667,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5EC

secondary

#F2ECD9

accent

#A412D3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5EC

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

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