#8EA8E7#8EA8E7

#8EA8E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.096 H 266.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA8E7
RGB	rgb(142, 168, 231)
HSL	hsl(222, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(222, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 27.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 6.44, -34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 35.14, 280.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0054 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.096 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5774, 39.5237, 81.1293)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA8E7 #E7CD8E

analogous

#8ED4E7 #8EA8E7 #A08EE7

triadic

#8EA8E7 #E78EA8 #A8E78E

tetradic

#8EA8E7 #E78ED4 #E7CD8E #8EE7A0

square

#8EA8E7 #E78ED4 #E7CD8E #8EE7A0

split-complementary

#8EA8E7 #E7A08E #D4E78E

monochromatic

#2C5BCF #5C81DC #8EA8E7 #C0CFF2 #E6ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8EA8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#8EA8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA8E7

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA8E7	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ADEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 168, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.096 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c1ef',
    500: '#8ea8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea8e7;
$custom-light: #b2c1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.472,
    "s": 64.964,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.736,
    "c": 0.09634,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA8E7

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#9819CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA8E7

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

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