#8EA5EE#8EA5EE

#8EA5EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.109 H 270.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5EE
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 238)
HSL	hsl(226, 74%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(226, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 30.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, 10.03, -39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 40.41, 284.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% 0.0003 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.109 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0384, 38.8321, 86.2580)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5EE #EED78E

analogous

#8ED5EE #8EA5EE #A78EEE

triadic

#8EA5EE #EE8EA5 #A5EE8E

tetradic

#8EA5EE #EE8ED5 #EED78E #8EEEA7

square

#8EA5EE #EE8ED5 #EED78E #8EEEA7

split-complementary

#8EA5EE #EEA78E #D5EE8E

monochromatic

#2450DE #597BE6 #8EA5EE #C3CFF6 #E4EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8EA5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#8EA5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5EE

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5EE	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CACF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FB4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.109 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bff4',
    500: '#8ea5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5ee;
$custom-light: #b2bff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.625,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73307,
    "c": 0.10944,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5EE

secondary

#F3ECD8

accent

#A610D6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5EE

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

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