#8EAEE4#8EAEE4

#8EAEE4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.086 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAEE4
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 228)
HSL	hsl(218, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(218, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 23.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, 2.28, -30.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 30.70, 274.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0139 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.086 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2906, 41.6223, 79.2947)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAEE4 #E4C48E

analogous

#8ED9E4 #8EAEE4 #998EE4

triadic

#8EAEE4 #E48EAE #AEE48E

tetradic

#8EAEE4 #E48ED9 #E4C48E #8EE499

square

#8EAEE4 #E48ED9 #E4C48E #8EE499

split-complementary

#8EAEE4 #E4998E #D9E48E

monochromatic

#3068C8 #5D8BD8 #8EAEE4 #BFD1F0 #E6EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#8EAEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#8EAEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAEE4

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAEE4	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eaee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.086 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c6ec',
    500: '#8eaee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eaee4;
$custom-light: #b2c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eaee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.674,
    "s": 61.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74716,
    "c": 0.08607,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAEE4

secondary

#F0E8DB

accent

#891CC9

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAEE4

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

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