#8EAAE6#8EAAE6

#8EAAE6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.093 H 264.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAAE6
RGB	rgb(142, 170, 230)
HSL	hsl(221, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(221, 38%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 26.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, 5.04, -33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 33.61, 278.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0082 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.093 264.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8086, 40.2115, 80.5116)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAAE6 #E6CA8E

analogous

#8ED6E6 #8EAAE6 #9E8EE6

triadic

#8EAAE6 #E68EAA #AAE68E

tetradic

#8EAAE6 #E68ED6 #E6CA8E #8EE69E

square

#8EAAE6 #E68ED6 #E6CA8E #8EE69E

split-complementary

#8EAAE6 #E69E8E #D6E68E

monochromatic

#2D60CC #5C84DB #8EAAE6 #C0D0F1 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#8EAAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#8EAAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAAE6

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAAE6	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)

#95AEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eaae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 170, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.093 264.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c3ee',
    500: '#8eaae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eaae6;
$custom-light: #b2c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eaae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.909,
    "s": 63.768,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73969,
    "c": 0.0928,
    "h": 264.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAAE6

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#931ACC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAAE6

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

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