#8EA6DF#8EA6DF

#8EA6DF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.088 H 266.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA6DF
RGB	rgb(142, 166, 223)
HSL	hsl(222, 56%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(222, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 25.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, 5.42, -31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 31.94, 279.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0052 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.088 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1068, 38.3492, 75.1920)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA6DF #DFC78E

analogous

#8ECFDF #8EA6DF #9F8EDF

triadic

#8EA6DF #DF8EA6 #A6DF8E

tetradic

#8EA6DF #DF8ECF #DFC78E #8EDF9F

square

#8EA6DF #DF8ECF #DFC78E #8EDF9F

split-complementary

#8EA6DF #DF9F8E #CFDF8E

monochromatic

#365EBD #5E80D1 #8EA6DF #BECCED #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8EA6DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#8EA6DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA6DF

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA6DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA6DF	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AAE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75B2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea6df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 166, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.088 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c0e9',
    500: '#8ea6df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea6df;
$custom-light: #b1c0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea6df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.222,
    "s": 55.862,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7283,
    "c": 0.08755,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA6DF

secondary

#EFE9DA

accent

#9422C3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA6DF

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

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