#8EA6E8#8EA6E8

#8EA6E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.100 H 268.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA6E8
RGB	rgb(142, 166, 232)
HSL	hsl(224, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(224, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 28.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, 7.83, -35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 36.69, 282.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0026 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.1 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3526, 38.8475, 81.7531)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA6E8 #E8D08E

analogous

#8ED3E8 #8EA6E8 #A38EE8

triadic

#8EA6E8 #E88EA6 #A6E88E

tetradic

#8EA6E8 #E88ED3 #E8D08E #8EE8A3

square

#8EA6E8 #E88ED3 #E8D08E #8EE8A3

split-complementary

#8EA6E8 #E8A38E #D3E88E

monochromatic

#2B57D1 #5B7EDE #8EA6E8 #C1CEF2 #E6EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8EA6E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#8EA6E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA6E8

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA6E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA6E8	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ACEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71B3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea6e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 166, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.100 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c0ef',
    500: '#8ea6e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea6e8;
$custom-light: #b2c0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea6e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224,
    "s": 66.176,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73233,
    "c": 0.09997,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA6E8

secondary

#F1EBDA

accent

#9D17CE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA6E8

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

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