#8EA8ED#8EA8ED

#8EA8ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.105 H 268.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA8ED
RGB	rgb(142, 168, 237)
HSL	hsl(224, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(224, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 29.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 8.06, -37.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 38.30, 282.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0037 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.105 268)
XYZ	xyz(40.4393, 39.8685, 85.6689)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA8ED #EDD38E

analogous

#8ED8ED #8EA8ED #A48EED

triadic

#8EA8ED #ED8EA8 #A8ED8E

tetradic

#8EA8ED #ED8ED8 #EDD38E #8EEDA4

square

#8EA8ED #ED8ED8 #EDD38E #8EEDA4

split-complementary

#8EA8ED #EDA48E #D8ED8E

monochromatic

#2457DC #597FE5 #8EA8ED #C3D1F5 #E5EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#8EA8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#8EA8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA8ED

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA8ED	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FB6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 168, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.105 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c1f3',
    500: '#8ea8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea8ed;
$custom-light: #b2c1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.579,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73873,
    "c": 0.10458,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.3987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA8ED

secondary

#F2EBD9

accent

#9F11D5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA8ED

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

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