#8EA6E4#8EA6E4

#8EA6E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.094 H 267.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA6E4
RGB	rgb(142, 166, 228)
HSL	hsl(223, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(223, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 27.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, 6.75, -33.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 34.58, 281.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0037 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.094 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7909, 38.6229, 78.7948)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA6E4 #E4CC8E

analogous

#8ED1E4 #8EA6E4 #A18EE4

triadic

#8EA6E4 #E48EA6 #A6E48E

tetradic

#8EA6E4 #E48ED1 #E4CC8E #8EE4A1

square

#8EA6E4 #E48ED1 #E4CC8E #8EE4A1

split-complementary

#8EA6E4 #E4A18E #D1E48E

monochromatic

#305AC8 #5D7FD8 #8EA6E4 #BFCDF0 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8EA6E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#8EA6E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA6E4

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA6E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA6E4	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ABE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73B3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea6e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 166, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.094 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c0ec',
    500: '#8ea6e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea6e4;
$custom-light: #b2c0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea6e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.256,
    "s": 61.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73052,
    "c": 0.09444,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA6E4

secondary

#F0EADB

accent

#991CC9

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA6E4

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

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