#8EAAE7#8EAAE7

#8EAAE7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.094 H 265.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAAE7
RGB	rgb(142, 170, 231)
HSL	hsl(221, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(221, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 26.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, 5.31, -33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 34.13, 278.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0079 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.094 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9494, 40.2678, 81.2533)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAAE7 #E7CB8E

analogous

#8ED6E7 #8EAAE7 #9E8EE7

triadic

#8EAAE7 #E78EAA #AAE78E

tetradic

#8EAAE7 #E78ED6 #E7CB8E #8EE79E

square

#8EAAE7 #E78ED6 #E7CB8E #8EE79E

split-complementary

#8EAAE7 #E79E8E #D6E78E

monochromatic

#2C5FCF #5C84DC #8EAAE7 #C0D0F2 #E6ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#8EAAE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#8EAAE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAAE7

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAAE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAAE7	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)

#95AFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71B7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eaae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 170, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.094 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c3ef',
    500: '#8eaae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eaae7;
$custom-light: #b2c3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eaae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.124,
    "s": 64.964,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74013,
    "c": 0.09416,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAAE7

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#9419CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAAE7

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

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