#8EA8DD#8EA8DD

#8EA8DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.083 H 264.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA8DD
RGB	rgb(142, 168, 221)
HSL	hsl(220, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(220, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 24%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, 3.78, -29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 29.91, 277.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0084 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.083 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2052, 38.9748, 73.9024)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA8DD #DDC38E

analogous

#8ECFDD #8EA8DD #9B8EDD

triadic

#8EA8DD #DD8EA8 #A8DD8E

tetradic

#8EA8DD #DD8ECF #DDC38E #8EDD9B

square

#8EA8DD #DD8ECF #DDC38E #8EDD9B

split-complementary

#8EA8DD #DD9B8E #CFDD8E

monochromatic

#3862B9 #5F84CF #8EA8DD #BDCCEB #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8EA8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#8EA8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA8DD

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA8DD	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ACDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 168, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.083 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c1e7',
    500: '#8ea8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea8dd;
$custom-light: #b1c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.253,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7316,
    "c": 0.08268,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA8DD

secondary

#EEE7D9

accent

#8E24C1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA8DD

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

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