#8EAAE5#8EAAE5

#8EAAE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.091 H 264.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAAE5
RGB	rgb(142, 170, 229)
HSL	hsl(221, 63%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(221, 38%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 25.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, 4.78, -32.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 33.10, 278.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0085 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.091 264.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6686, 40.1555, 79.7741)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAAE5 #E5C98E

analogous

#8ED5E5 #8EAAE5 #9E8EE5

triadic

#8EAAE5 #E58EAA #AAE58E

tetradic

#8EAAE5 #E58ED5 #E5C98E #8EE59E

square

#8EAAE5 #E58ED5 #E5C98E #8EE59E

split-complementary

#8EAAE5 #E59E8E #D5E58E

monochromatic

#2F61CA #5C85DA #8EAAE5 #C0CFF0 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8EAAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#8EAAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAAE5

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAAE5	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AEE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eaae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 170, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.091 264.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c3ed',
    500: '#8eaae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eaae5;
$custom-light: #b2c3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eaae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.69,
    "s": 62.59,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73925,
    "c": 0.09145,
    "h": 264.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAAE5

secondary

#F1E9DA

accent

#921BCA

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAAE5

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

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