#8EA9E7#8EA9E7

#8EA9E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.095 H 266.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA9E7
RGB	rgb(142, 169, 231)
HSL	hsl(222, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(222, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 26.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 5.87, -34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 34.63, 279.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0066 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.095 266)
XYZ	xyz(39.7627, 39.8943, 81.1910)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA9E7 #E7CC8E

analogous

#8ED5E7 #8EA9E7 #9F8EE7

triadic

#8EA9E7 #E78EA9 #A9E78E

tetradic

#8EA9E7 #E78ED5 #E7CC8E #8EE79F

square

#8EA9E7 #E78ED5 #E7CC8E #8EE79F

split-complementary

#8EA9E7 #E79F8E #D5E78E

monochromatic

#2C5DCF #5C83DC #8EA9E7 #C0CFF2 #E6ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#8EA9E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#8EA9E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA9E7

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA9E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA9E7	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea9e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 169, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.095 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c2ef',
    500: '#8ea9e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea9e7;
$custom-light: #b2c2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea9e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.798,
    "s": 64.964,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73806,
    "c": 0.09524,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.39896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA9E7

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#9619CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA9E7

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

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