#8EA6DD#8EA6DD

#8EA6DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.085 H 266.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA6DD
RGB	rgb(142, 166, 221)
HSL	hsl(222, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(222, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 24.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, 4.90, -30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 30.89, 279.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0058 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.085 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8388, 38.2420, 73.7803)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA6DD #DDC58E

analogous

#8ECDDD #8EA6DD #9D8EDD

triadic

#8EA6DD #DD8EA6 #A6DD8E

tetradic

#8EA6DD #DD8ECD #DDC58E #8EDD9D

square

#8EA6DD #DD8ECD #DDC58E #8EDD9D

split-complementary

#8EA6DD #DD9D8E #CDDD8E

monochromatic

#385FB9 #5F81CF #8EA6DD #BDCBEB #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#8EA6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#8EA6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA6DD

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA6DD	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76B1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 166, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.085 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c0e7',
    500: '#8ea6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea6dd;
$custom-light: #b1c0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.772,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72743,
    "c": 0.08481,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA6DD

secondary

#EEE7D9

accent

#9224C1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA6DD

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

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