#8EA8DF#8EA8DF

#8EA8DF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.085 H 264.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA8DF
RGB	rgb(142, 168, 223)
HSL	hsl(221, 56%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(221, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 24.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 4.30, -30.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 30.95, 277.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0077 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.085 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4732, 39.0820, 75.3141)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA8DF #DFC58E

analogous

#8ED1DF #8EA8DF #9D8EDF

triadic

#8EA8DF #DF8EA8 #A8DF8E

tetradic

#8EA8DF #DF8ED1 #DFC58E #8EDF9D

square

#8EA8DF #DF8ED1 #DFC58E #8EDF9D

split-complementary

#8EA8DF #DF9D8E #D1DF8E

monochromatic

#3661BD #5E83D1 #8EA8DF #BECDED #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8EA8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#8EA8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA8DF

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA8DF	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ACE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75B3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 168, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.085 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c1e9',
    500: '#8ea8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea8df;
$custom-light: #b1c1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.741,
    "s": 55.862,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73246,
    "c": 0.0854,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA8DF

secondary

#EFE8DA

accent

#9022C3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA8DF

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

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