#8EA8E8#8EA8E8

#8EA8E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.098 H 267.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA8E8
RGB	rgb(142, 168, 232)
HSL	hsl(223, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(223, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 27.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 6.70, -35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 35.66, 280.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0051 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.098 267)
XYZ	xyz(39.7190, 39.5803, 81.8752)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA8E8 #E8CE8E

analogous

#8ED5E8 #8EA8E8 #A18EE8

triadic

#8EA8E8 #E88EA8 #A8E88E

tetradic

#8EA8E8 #E88ED5 #E8CE8E #8EE8A1

square

#8EA8E8 #E88ED5 #E8CE8E #8EE8A1

split-complementary

#8EA8E8 #E8A18E #D5E88E

monochromatic

#2B5BD1 #5B81DE #8EA8E8 #C1CFF2 #E6EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8EA8E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#8EA8E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA8E8

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA8E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA8E8	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ADEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71B5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea8e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 168, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.098 267.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c1ef',
    500: '#8ea8e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea8e8;
$custom-light: #b2c1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea8e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.667,
    "s": 66.176,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73645,
    "c": 0.09771,
    "h": 267
  },
  "luminance": 0.39582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA8E8

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#9917CE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA8E8

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

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