#8EA6DE#8EA6DE

#8EA6DE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.086 H 266.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA6DE
RGB	rgb(142, 166, 222)
HSL	hsl(222, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(222, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 25.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, 5.16, -30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 31.41, 279.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0055 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.086 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9724, 38.2955, 74.4841)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA6DE #DEC68E

analogous

#8ECEDE #8EA6DE #9E8EDE

triadic

#8EA6DE #DE8EA6 #A6DE8E

tetradic

#8EA6DE #DE8ECE #DEC68E #8EDE9E

square

#8EA6DE #DE8ECE #DEC68E #8EDE9E

split-complementary

#8EA6DE #DE9E8E #CEDE8E

monochromatic

#375EBB #5F81D0 #8EA6DE #BDCBEC #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#8EA6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#8EA6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA6DE

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA6DE	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76B1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 166, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.086 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c0e8',
    500: '#8ea6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea6de;
$custom-light: #b1c0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72786,
    "c": 0.08617,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA6DE

secondary

#EEE8DA

accent

#9323C2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA6DE

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

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