#8EA6E2#8EA6E2

#8EA6E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.092 H 267.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA6E2
RGB	rgb(142, 166, 226)
HSL	hsl(223, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(223, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 26.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, 6.22, -32.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 33.52, 280.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0043 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.092 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5149, 38.5125, 77.3410)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA6E2 #E2CA8E

analogous

#8ED0E2 #8EA6E2 #A08EE2

triadic

#8EA6E2 #E28EA6 #A6E28E

tetradic

#8EA6E2 #E28ED0 #E2CA8E #8EE2A0

square

#8EA6E2 #E28ED0 #E2CA8E #8EE2A0

split-complementary

#8EA6E2 #E2A08E #D0E28E

monochromatic

#325CC3 #5D80D6 #8EA6E2 #BFCCEE #E7ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8EA6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#8EA6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA6E2

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA6E2	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ABE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74B2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 166, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.092 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c0eb',
    500: '#8ea6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea6e2;
$custom-light: #b1c0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72963,
    "c": 0.09169,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA6E2

secondary

#F0EADB

accent

#971FC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA6E2

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

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