#8EA8D7#8EA8D7

#8EA8D7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.075 H 262.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA8D7
RGB	rgb(142, 168, 215)
HSL	hsl(219, 48%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(219, 34%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 21.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, 2.21, -26.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 26.82, 274.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0103 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.075 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4200, 38.6607, 69.7674)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA8D7 #D7BD8E

analogous

#8ECCD7 #8EA8D7 #998ED7

triadic

#8EA8D7 #D78EA8 #A8D78E

tetradic

#8EA8D7 #D78ECC #D7BD8E #8ED799

square

#8EA8D7 #D78ECC #D7BD8E #8ED799

split-complementary

#8EA8D7 #D7998E #CCD78E

monochromatic

#3D65AD #6185C7 #8EA8D7 #BBCBE7 #E8EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8EA8D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#8EA8D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA8D7

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA8D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA8D7	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A4D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea8d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 168, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.075 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c1e3',
    500: '#8ea8d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea8d7;
$custom-light: #b1c1e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea8d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.63,
    "s": 47.712,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72906,
    "c": 0.07458,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA8D7

secondary

#EBE3D6

accent

#882BBB

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA8D7

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

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