#8EA9DE#8EA9DE

#8EA9DE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.083 H 263.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA9DE
RGB	rgb(142, 169, 222)
HSL	hsl(220, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(220, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 23.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 3.48, -29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 29.95, 276.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0094 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.083 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5241, 39.3989, 74.6680)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA9DE #DEC38E

analogous

#8ED1DE #8EA9DE #9B8EDE

triadic

#8EA9DE #DE8EA9 #A9DE8E

tetradic

#8EA9DE #DE8ED1 #DEC38E #8EDE9B

square

#8EA9DE #DE8ED1 #DEC38E #8EDE9B

split-complementary

#8EA9DE #DE9B8E #D1DE8E

monochromatic

#3763BB #5F85D0 #8EA9DE #BDCDEC #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8EA9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#8EA9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA9DE

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA9DE	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ADE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 169, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.083 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c2e8',
    500: '#8ea9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea9de;
$custom-light: #b1c2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.75,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73412,
    "c": 0.08301,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA9DE

secondary

#EEE7DA

accent

#8D23C2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA9DE

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

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