#8EA6CD#8EA6CD

#8EA6CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.063 H 260.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA6CD
RGB	rgb(142, 166, 205)
HSL	hsl(217, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(217, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 19%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 0.78, -22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 22.61, 271.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0109 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.063 260)
XYZ	xyz(35.8078, 37.4296, 63.0837)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA6CD #CDB58E

analogous

#8EC5CD #8EA6CD #958ECD

triadic

#8EA6CD #CD8EA6 #A6CD8E

tetradic

#8EA6CD #CD8EC5 #CDB58E #8ECD95

square

#8EA6CD #CD8EC5 #CDB58E #8ECD95

split-complementary

#8EA6CD #CD958E #C5CD8E

monochromatic

#45669C #6485BA #8EA6CD #B8C7E0 #E3E9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8EA6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#8EA6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA6CD

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA6CD	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CAEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 166, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.063 260.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c0dc',
    500: '#8ea6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea6cd;
$custom-light: #b0c0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.143,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72075,
    "c": 0.06313,
    "h": 260
  },
  "luminance": 0.37431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA6CD

secondary

#E5DED2

accent

#8234B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F7FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA6CD

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

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