#8EAAD8#8EAAD8

#8EAAD8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.074 H 260.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAAD8
RGB	rgb(142, 170, 216)
HSL	hsl(217, 49%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(217, 34%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 21.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 1.36, -26.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 26.43, 272.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0126 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.074 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9210, 39.4564, 70.5702)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAAD8 #D8BC8E

analogous

#8ECFD8 #8EAAD8 #978ED8

triadic

#8EAAD8 #D88EAA #AAD88E

tetradic

#8EAAD8 #D88ECF #D8BC8E #8ED897

square

#8EAAD8 #D88ECF #D8BC8E #8ED897

split-complementary

#8EAAD8 #D8978E #CFD88E

monochromatic

#3C68AF #6188C8 #8EAAD8 #BBCCE8 #E8EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8EAAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#8EAAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAAD8

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAAD8	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AACDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A5D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77B4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eaad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 170, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.074 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c3e4',
    500: '#8eaad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eaad8;
$custom-light: #b1c3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eaad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.297,
    "s": 48.684,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73369,
    "c": 0.07401,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAAD8

secondary

#EBE3D7

accent

#852ABC

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F7FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAAD8

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

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