#8EA8D4#8EA8D4

#8EA8D4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.071 H 260.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA8D4
RGB	rgb(142, 168, 212)
HSL	hsl(218, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(218, 33%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 20.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 1.44, -25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 25.28, 273.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0112 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.071 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0381, 38.5080, 67.7558)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA8D4 #D4BA8E

analogous

#8ECBD4 #8EA8D4 #978ED4

triadic

#8EA8D4 #D48EA8 #A8D48E

tetradic

#8EA8D4 #D48ECB #D4BA8E #8ED497

square

#8EA8D4 #D48ECB #D4BA8E #8ED497

split-complementary

#8EA8D4 #D4978E #CBD48E

monochromatic

#4066A8 #6286C3 #8EA8D4 #BACAE5 #E7ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8EA8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#8EA8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA8D4

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA8D4	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A4D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79B1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 168, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.071 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c1e1',
    500: '#8ea8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea8d4;
$custom-light: #b1c1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.714,
    "s": 44.872,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72782,
    "c": 0.07057,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA8D4

secondary

#E9E1D5

accent

#852DB8

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA8D4

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

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