#8EAEE2#8EAEE2

#8EAEE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.083 H 260.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAEE2
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 226)
HSL	hsl(217, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(217, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 23%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, 1.75, -29.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 29.69, 273.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0145 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.083 260)
XYZ	xyz(40.0146, 41.5119, 77.8409)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAEE2 #E2C28E

analogous

#8ED8E2 #8EAEE2 #988EE2

triadic

#8EAEE2 #E28EAE #AEE28E

tetradic

#8EAEE2 #E28ED8 #E2C28E #8EE298

square

#8EAEE2 #E28ED8 #E2C28E #8EE298

split-complementary

#8EAEE2 #E2988E #D8E28E

monochromatic

#326AC3 #5D8BD6 #8EAEE2 #BFD1EE #E7EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#8EAEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#8EAEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAEE2

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAEE2	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eaee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.083 260.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c6eb',
    500: '#8eaee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eaee2;
$custom-light: #b1c6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eaee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.143,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74631,
    "c": 0.08345,
    "h": 260
  },
  "luminance": 0.41514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAEE2

secondary

#F0E8DB

accent

#871FC7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAEE2

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

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