#8EA9D5#8EA9D5

#8EA9D5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.071 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA9D5
RGB	rgb(142, 169, 213)
HSL	hsl(217, 46%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(217, 33%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 1.14, -25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 25.35, 272.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0122 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.071 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3500, 38.9292, 68.4840)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA9D5 #D5BA8E

analogous

#8ECDD5 #8EA9D5 #978ED5

triadic

#8EA9D5 #D58EA9 #A9D58E

tetradic

#8EA9D5 #D58ECD #D5BA8E #8ED597

square

#8EA9D5 #D58ECD #D5BA8E #8ED597

split-complementary

#8EA9D5 #D5978E #CDD58E

monochromatic

#3F68AA #6187C4 #8EA9D5 #BBCBE6 #E7EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8EA9D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#8EA9D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA9D5

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA9D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA9D5	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A5D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea9d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 169, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.071 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c2e2',
    500: '#8ea9d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea9d5;
$custom-light: #b1c2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea9d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.183,
    "s": 45.806,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73034,
    "c": 0.07096,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA9D5

secondary

#EAE2D5

accent

#842CB9

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA9D5

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

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