#8EA9E5#8EA9E5

#8EA9E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.093 H 265.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA9E5
RGB	rgb(142, 169, 229)
HSL	hsl(221, 63%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(221, 38%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 26.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, 5.34, -33.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 33.59, 279.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0072 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.093 265.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4818, 39.7820, 79.7119)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA9E5 #E5CA8E

analogous

#8ED5E5 #8EA9E5 #9E8EE5

triadic

#8EA9E5 #E58EA9 #A9E58E

tetradic

#8EA9E5 #E58ED5 #E5CA8E #8EE59E

square

#8EA9E5 #E58ED5 #E5CA8E #8EE59E

split-complementary

#8EA9E5 #E59E8E #D5E58E

monochromatic

#2F5FCA #5C83DA #8EA9E5 #C0CFF0 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#8EA9E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#8EA9E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA9E5

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA9E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA9E5	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AEE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 169, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.093 265.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c2ed',
    500: '#8ea9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea9e5;
$custom-light: #b2c2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.379,
    "s": 62.59,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73717,
    "c": 0.09251,
    "h": 265.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA9E5

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#941BCA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA9E5

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

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