#8EA6ED#8EA6ED

#8EA6ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.107 H 269.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA6ED
RGB	rgb(142, 166, 237)
HSL	hsl(225, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(225, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 30%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, 9.19, -38.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 39.35, 283.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0012 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.107 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0729, 39.1357, 85.5468)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA6ED #EDD58E

analogous

#8ED6ED #8EA6ED #A68EED

triadic

#8EA6ED #ED8EA6 #A6ED8E

tetradic

#8EA6ED #ED8ED6 #EDD58E #8EEDA6

square

#8EA6ED #ED8ED6 #EDD58E #8EEDA6

split-complementary

#8EA6ED #EDA68E #D6ED8E

monochromatic

#2453DC #597CE5 #8EA6ED #C3D0F5 #E5EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8EA6ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#8EA6ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA6ED

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA6ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA6ED	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EACF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FB4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea6ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 166, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.107 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c0f3',
    500: '#8ea6ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea6ed;
$custom-light: #b2c0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea6ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.842,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73464,
    "c": 0.10689,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA6ED

secondary

#F2ECD9

accent

#A311D5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA6ED

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

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