#8EAEDD#8EAEDD

#8EAEDD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.077 H 257.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAEDD
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(216, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(216, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, 0.44, -27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 27.20, 270.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0161 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.077 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3385, 41.2415, 74.2802)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAEDD #DDBD8E

analogous

#8ED5DD #8EAEDD #958EDD

triadic

#8EAEDD #DD8EAE #AEDD8E

tetradic

#8EAEDD #DD8ED5 #DDBD8E #8EDD95

square

#8EAEDD #DD8ED5 #DDBD8E #8EDD95

split-complementary

#8EAEDD #DD958E #D5DD8E

monochromatic

#386CB9 #5F8CCF #8EAEDD #BDD0EB #E7EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#8EAEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#8EAEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAEDD

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAEDD	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eaedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.077 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c6e7',
    500: '#8eaedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eaedd;
$custom-light: #b1c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eaedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.696,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74421,
    "c": 0.07692,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAEDD

secondary

#EEE5D9

accent

#8224C1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAEDD

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

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