#8EA6DC#8EA6DC

#8EA6DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.083 H 265.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA6DC
RGB	rgb(142, 166, 220)
HSL	hsl(222, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(222, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 24.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, 4.63, -30.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 30.36, 278.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0061 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.083 265.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7060, 38.1889, 73.0807)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA6DC #DCC48E

analogous

#8ECDDC #8EA6DC #9D8EDC

triadic

#8EA6DC #DC8EA6 #A6DC8E

tetradic

#8EA6DC #DC8ECD #DCC48E #8EDC9D

square

#8EA6DC #DC8ECD #DCC48E #8EDC9D

split-complementary

#8EA6DC #DC9D8E #CDDC8E

monochromatic

#3960B7 #5F81CE #8EA6DC #BDCBEA #E8EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#8EA6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#8EA6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA6DC

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA6DC	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76B1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 166, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.083 265.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c0e7',
    500: '#8ea6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea6dc;
$custom-light: #b1c0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.538,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.727,
    "c": 0.08343,
    "h": 265.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA6DC

secondary

#EDE7D9

accent

#9125C0

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA6DC

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

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