#8EA9DD#8EA9DD

#8EA9DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.082 H 263.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA9DD
RGB	rgb(142, 169, 221)
HSL	hsl(219, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(219, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 23.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, 3.22, -29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 29.44, 276.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0097 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.082 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3905, 39.3454, 73.9642)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA9DD #DDC28E

analogous

#8ED0DD #8EA9DD #9A8EDD

triadic

#8EA9DD #DD8EA9 #A9DD8E

tetradic

#8EA9DD #DD8ED0 #DDC28E #8EDD9A

square

#8EA9DD #DD8ED0 #DDC28E #8EDD9A

split-complementary

#8EA9DD #DD9A8E #D0DD8E

monochromatic

#3864B9 #5F85CF #8EA9DD #BDCDEB #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#8EA9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#8EA9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA9DD

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA9DD	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 169, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.082 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c2e7',
    500: '#8ea9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea9dd;
$custom-light: #b1c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.494,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73369,
    "c": 0.08165,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA9DD

secondary

#EEE7D9

accent

#8C24C1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA9DD

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

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