#8EA8DE#8EA8DE

#8EA8DE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.084 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA8DE
RGB	rgb(142, 168, 222)
HSL	hsl(221, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(221, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 24.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, 4.04, -30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 30.43, 277.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0081 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.084 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3388, 39.0282, 74.6062)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA8DE #DEC48E

analogous

#8ED0DE #8EA8DE #9C8EDE

triadic

#8EA8DE #DE8EA8 #A8DE8E

tetradic

#8EA8DE #DE8ED0 #DEC48E #8EDE9C

square

#8EA8DE #DE8ED0 #DEC48E #8EDE9C

split-complementary

#8EA8DE #DE9C8E #D0DE8E

monochromatic

#3762BB #5F84D0 #8EA8DE #BDCCEC #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8EA8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#8EA8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA8DE

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA8DE	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ACE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75B3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 168, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.084 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c1e8',
    500: '#8ea8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea8de;
$custom-light: #b1c1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.5,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73203,
    "c": 0.08404,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA8DE

secondary

#EEE8DA

accent

#8F23C2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA8DE

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

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