#8EA5ED#8EA5ED

#8EA5ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.108 H 270.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5ED
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 237)
HSL	hsl(225, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(225, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 30.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, 9.76, -38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 39.88, 284.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.0001 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.108 270)
XYZ	xyz(39.8919, 38.7735, 85.4864)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5ED #EDD68E

analogous

#8ED4ED #8EA5ED #A78EED

triadic

#8EA5ED #ED8EA5 #A5ED8E

tetradic

#8EA5ED #ED8ED4 #EDD68E #8EEDA7

square

#8EA5ED #ED8ED4 #EDD68E #8EEDA7

split-complementary

#8EA5ED #EDA78E #D4ED8E

monochromatic

#2451DC #597BE5 #8EA5ED #C3CFF5 #E5EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8EA5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#8EA5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5ED

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5ED	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CACF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FB4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.108 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bff3',
    500: '#8ea5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5ed;
$custom-light: #b2bff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.474,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7326,
    "c": 0.10806,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.38775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5ED

secondary

#F2ECD9

accent

#A511D5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5ED

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

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