#8EA6EC#8EA6EC

#8EA6EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.105 H 269.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA6EC
RGB	rgb(142, 166, 236)
HSL	hsl(225, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(225, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 29.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 8.92, -37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 38.81, 283.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0014 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.106 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9272, 39.0774, 84.7795)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA6EC #ECD48E

analogous

#8ED5EC #8EA6EC #A58EEC

triadic

#8EA6EC #EC8EA6 #A6EC8E

tetradic

#8EA6EC #EC8ED5 #ECD48E #8EECA5

square

#8EA6EC #EC8ED5 #ECD48E #8EECA5

split-complementary

#8EA6EC #ECA58E #D5EC8E

monochromatic

#2553DA #5A7DE3 #8EA6EC #C2CFF5 #E5EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8EA6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#8EA6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA6EC

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA6EC	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EACEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FB4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 166, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.105 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c0f2',
    500: '#8ea6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea6ec;
$custom-light: #b2c0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.681,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73417,
    "c": 0.1055,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA6EC

secondary

#F2ECD9

accent

#A212D3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA6EC

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

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