#8EA5EF#8EA5EF

#8EA5EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.111 H 270.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5EF
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 239)
HSL	hsl(226, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(226, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 31%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, 10.31, -39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 40.94, 284.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% 0.0006 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.111 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1857, 38.8911, 87.0339)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5EF #EFD88E

analogous

#8ED6EF #8EA5EF #A88EEF

triadic

#8EA5EF #EF8EA5 #A5EF8E

tetradic

#8EA5EF #EF8ED6 #EFD88E #8EEFA8

square

#8EA5EF #EF8ED6 #EFD88E #8EEFA8

split-complementary

#8EA5EF #EFA88E #D6EF8E

monochromatic

#2350E0 #587AE7 #8EA5EF #C4D0F7 #E4EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8EA5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#8EA5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5EF

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5EF	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CACF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EB4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.111 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bff4',
    500: '#8ea5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5ef;
$custom-light: #b2bff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.773,
    "s": 75.194,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73355,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5EF

secondary

#F3EDD8

accent

#A80ED7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5EF

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

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