#8EA8E2#8EA8E2

#8EA8E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.089 H 265.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA8E2
RGB	rgb(142, 168, 226)
HSL	hsl(221, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(221, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 25.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 5.10, -32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 32.52, 279.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0068 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.089 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8813, 39.2452, 77.4632)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA8E2 #E2C88E

analogous

#8ED2E2 #8EA8E2 #9E8EE2

triadic

#8EA8E2 #E28EA8 #A8E28E

tetradic

#8EA8E2 #E28ED2 #E2C88E #8EE29E

square

#8EA8E2 #E28ED2 #E2C88E #8EE29E

split-complementary

#8EA8E2 #E29E8E #D2E28E

monochromatic

#325FC3 #5D83D6 #8EA8E2 #BFCDEE #E7ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#8EA8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#8EA8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA8E2

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA8E2	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ACE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74B4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 168, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.089 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c1eb',
    500: '#8ea8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea8e2;
$custom-light: #b1c1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.429,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73377,
    "c": 0.08949,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA8E2

secondary

#F0EADB

accent

#931FC7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA8E2

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

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