#8EAAE9#8EAAE9

#8EAAE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.097 H 265.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAAE9
RGB	rgb(142, 170, 233)
HSL	hsl(222, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(222, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 27%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, 5.85, -34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 35.18, 279.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0073 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.097 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2335, 40.3814, 82.7494)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAAE9 #E9CD8E

analogous

#8ED7E9 #8EAAE9 #9F8EE9

triadic

#8EAAE9 #E98EAA #AAE98E

tetradic

#8EAAE9 #E98ED7 #E9CD8E #8EE99F

square

#8EAAE9 #E98ED7 #E9CD8E #8EE99F

split-complementary

#8EAAE9 #E99F8E #D7E98E

monochromatic

#295ED3 #5B83DF #8EAAE9 #C1D1F3 #E5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8EAAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#8EAAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAAE9

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAAE9	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eaae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 170, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.097 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c3f0',
    500: '#8eaae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eaae9;
$custom-light: #b2c3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eaae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.538,
    "s": 67.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74103,
    "c": 0.09688,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAAE9

secondary

#F2EAD9

accent

#9616CF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAAE9

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

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