#8EA9EC#8EA9EC

#8EA9EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.102 H 267.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA9EC
RGB	rgb(142, 169, 236)
HSL	hsl(223, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(223, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 28.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, 7.23, -36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 37.25, 281.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0052 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.102 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4790, 40.1808, 84.9634)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA9EC #ECD18E

analogous

#8ED8EC #8EA9EC #A28EEC

triadic

#8EA9EC #EC8EA9 #A9EC8E

tetradic

#8EA9EC #EC8ED8 #ECD18E #8EECA2

square

#8EA9EC #EC8ED8 #ECD18E #8EECA2

split-complementary

#8EA9EC #ECA28E #D8EC8E

monochromatic

#2559DA #5A81E3 #8EA9EC #C2D1F5 #E5EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#8EA9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#8EA9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA9EC

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA9EC	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FB7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 169, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.102 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c2f2',
    500: '#8ea9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea9ec;
$custom-light: #b2c2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.766,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74032,
    "c": 0.10208,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA9EC

secondary

#F2EBD9

accent

#9C12D3

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA9EC

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

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