#8EA9EE#8EA9EE

#8EA9EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.105 H 267.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA9EE
RGB	rgb(142, 169, 238)
HSL	hsl(223, 74%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(223, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 29%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, 7.77, -37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 38.30, 281.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0047 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.105 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7711, 40.2977, 86.5023)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA9EE #EED38E

analogous

#8ED9EE #8EA9EE #A38EEE

triadic

#8EA9EE #EE8EA9 #A9EE8E

tetradic

#8EA9EE #EE8ED9 #EED38E #8EEEA3

square

#8EA9EE #EE8ED9 #EED38E #8EEEA3

split-complementary

#8EA9EE #EEA38E #D9EE8E

monochromatic

#2458DE #5981E6 #8EA9EE #C3D1F6 #E4EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#8EA9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#8EA9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA9EE

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA9EE	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EB7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 169, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.105 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c2f3',
    500: '#8ea9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea9ee;
$custom-light: #b2c2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.125,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74124,
    "c": 0.10481,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA9EE

secondary

#F3EBD8

accent

#9E10D6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA9EE

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

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