#8EA9DC#8EA9DC

#8EA9DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.080 H 262.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA9DC
RGB	rgb(142, 169, 220)
HSL	hsl(219, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(219, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 23.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, 2.96, -28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 28.92, 275.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.01 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.08 262.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2577, 39.2923, 73.2646)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA9DC #DCC18E

analogous

#8ED0DC #8EA9DC #9A8EDC

triadic

#8EA9DC #DC8EA9 #A9DC8E

tetradic

#8EA9DC #DC8ED0 #DCC18E #8EDC9A

square

#8EA9DC #DC8ED0 #DCC18E #8EDC9A

split-complementary

#8EA9DC #DC9A8E #D0DC8E

monochromatic

#3964B7 #5F85CE #8EA9DC #BDCDEA #E8EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#8EA9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#8EA9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA9DC

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA9DC	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ACDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76B4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 169, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.080 262.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c2e7',
    500: '#8ea9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea9dc;
$custom-light: #b1c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.231,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73327,
    "c": 0.08031,
    "h": 262.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA9DC

secondary

#EDE6D9

accent

#8B25C0

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA9DC

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

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