#8EA7E2#8EA7E2

#8EA7E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.091 H 266.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA7E2
RGB	rgb(142, 167, 226)
HSL	hsl(222, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(222, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 26.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, 5.66, -32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 33.01, 279.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0056 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.091 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6974, 38.8774, 77.4019)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA7E2 #E2C98E

analogous

#8ED1E2 #8EA7E2 #9F8EE2

triadic

#8EA7E2 #E28EA7 #A7E28E

tetradic

#8EA7E2 #E28ED1 #E2C98E #8EE29F

square

#8EA7E2 #E28ED1 #E2C98E #8EE29F

split-complementary

#8EA7E2 #E29F8E #D1E28E

monochromatic

#325DC3 #5D81D6 #8EA7E2 #BFCDEE #E7ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8EA7E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#8EA7E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA7E2

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA7E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA7E2	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ACE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74B3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea7e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 167, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.091 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c1eb',
    500: '#8ea7e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea7e2;
$custom-light: #b1c1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea7e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.143,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7317,
    "c": 0.09058,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA7E2

secondary

#F0EADB

accent

#951FC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA7E2

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

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