#8EA8DC#8EA8DC

#8EA8DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.081 H 263.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA8DC
RGB	rgb(142, 168, 220)
HSL	hsl(220, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(220, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 23.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 3.51, -29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 29.39, 276.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0087 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.081 263.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0723, 38.9217, 73.2029)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA8DC #DCC28E

analogous

#8ECFDC #8EA8DC #9B8EDC

triadic

#8EA8DC #DC8EA8 #A8DC8E

tetradic

#8EA8DC #DC8ECF #DCC28E #8EDC9B

square

#8EA8DC #DC8ECF #DCC28E #8EDC9B

split-complementary

#8EA8DC #DC9B8E #CFDC8E

monochromatic

#3963B7 #5F84CE #8EA8DC #BDCCEA #E8EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8EA8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#8EA8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA8DC

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA8DC	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)

#96ABDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 168, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.081 263.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c1e7',
    500: '#8ea8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea8dc;
$custom-light: #b1c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73117,
    "c": 0.08132,
    "h": 263.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA8DC

secondary

#EDE6D9

accent

#8D25C0

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA8DC

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

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