#8EA9ED#8EA9ED

#8EA9ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.103 H 267.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA9ED
RGB	rgb(142, 169, 237)
HSL	hsl(223, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(223, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 28.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, 7.50, -37.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 37.78, 281.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0049 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.103 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6246, 40.2391, 85.7307)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA9ED #EDD28E

analogous

#8ED9ED #8EA9ED #A38EED

triadic

#8EA9ED #ED8EA9 #A9ED8E

tetradic

#8EA9ED #ED8ED9 #EDD28E #8EEDA3

square

#8EA9ED #ED8ED9 #EDD28E #8EEDA3

split-complementary

#8EA9ED #EDA38E #D9ED8E

monochromatic

#2459DC #5981E5 #8EA9ED #C3D1F5 #E5EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#8EA9ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#8EA9ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA9ED

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA9ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA9ED	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FB7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 169, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.103 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c2f3',
    500: '#8ea9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea9ed;
$custom-light: #b2c2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.947,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74078,
    "c": 0.10345,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA9ED

secondary

#F2EBD9

accent

#9D11D5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA9ED

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

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