#8EA9DF#8EA9DF

#8EA9DF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.084 H 263.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA9DF
RGB	rgb(142, 169, 223)
HSL	hsl(220, 56%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(220, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 24.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 3.74, -30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 30.47, 277.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0091 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.084 263.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6585, 39.4527, 75.3759)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA9DF #DFC48E

analogous

#8ED2DF #8EA9DF #9C8EDF

triadic

#8EA9DF #DF8EA9 #A9DF8E

tetradic

#8EA9DF #DF8ED2 #DFC48E #8EDF9C

square

#8EA9DF #DF8ED2 #DFC48E #8EDF9C

split-complementary

#8EA9DF #DF9C8E #D2DF8E

monochromatic

#3663BD #5E85D1 #8EA9DF #BECDED #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8EA9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#8EA9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA9DF

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA9DF	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ADE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 169, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.084 263.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c2e9',
    500: '#8ea9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea9df;
$custom-light: #b1c2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 55.862,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73455,
    "c": 0.08436,
    "h": 263.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA9DF

secondary

#EFE8DA

accent

#8E22C3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA9DF

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

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