#8EA9E9#8EA9E9

#8EA9E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.098 H 266.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA9E9
RGB	rgb(142, 169, 233)
HSL	hsl(222, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(222, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 27.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, 6.41, -35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 35.68, 280.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0061 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.098 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0468, 40.0079, 82.6872)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA9E9 #E9CE8E

analogous

#8ED6E9 #8EA9E9 #A08EE9

triadic

#8EA9E9 #E98EA9 #A9E98E

tetradic

#8EA9E9 #E98ED6 #E9CE8E #8EE9A0

square

#8EA9E9 #E98ED6 #E9CE8E #8EE9A0

split-complementary

#8EA9E9 #E9A08E #D6E98E

monochromatic

#295CD3 #5B82DF #8EA9E9 #C1D0F3 #E5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8EA9E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#8EA9E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA9E9

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA9E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA9E9	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea9e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 169, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.098 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c2f0',
    500: '#8ea9e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea9e9;
$custom-light: #b2c2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea9e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.198,
    "s": 67.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73896,
    "c": 0.09798,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA9E9

secondary

#F2EAD9

accent

#9816CF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA9E9

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

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