#8EACEA#8EACEA

#8EACEA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.096 H 264.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EACEA
RGB	rgb(142, 172, 234)
HSL	hsl(220, 69%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(220, 39%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 26.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, 5.00, -34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 34.71, 278.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0096 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.096 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7545, 41.1943, 83.6298)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EACEA #EACC8E

analogous

#8EDAEA #8EACEA #9E8EEA

triadic

#8EACEA #EA8EAC #ACEA8E

tetradic

#8EACEA #EA8EDA #EACC8E #8EEA9E

square

#8EACEA #EA8EDA #EACC8E #8EEA9E

split-complementary

#8EACEA #EA9E8E #DAEA8E

monochromatic

#2861D6 #5A86E0 #8EACEA #C2D2F4 #E5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#8EACEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#8EACEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EACEA

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EACEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EACEA	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eacea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 172, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.096 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c4f1',
    500: '#8eacea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eacea;
$custom-light: #b2c4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eacea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.435,
    "s": 68.657,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74562,
    "c": 0.09611,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EACEA

secondary

#F2EAD9

accent

#9315D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EACEA

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

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