#8EAEE5#8EAEE5

#8EAEE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.087 H 261.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAEE5
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 229)
HSL	hsl(218, 63%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(218, 38%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 24%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, 2.55, -31.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 31.20, 274.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0136 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.087 261)
XYZ	xyz(40.4299, 41.6780, 80.0279)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAEE5 #E5C58E

analogous

#8ED9E5 #8EAEE5 #998EE5

triadic

#8EAEE5 #E58EAE #AEE58E

tetradic

#8EAEE5 #E58ED9 #E5C58E #8EE599

square

#8EAEE5 #E58ED9 #E5C58E #8EE599

split-complementary

#8EAEE5 #E5998E #D9E58E

monochromatic

#2F68CA #5C8ADA #8EAEE5 #C0D2F0 #E6EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#8EAEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#8EAEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAEE5

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAEE5	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72BAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eaee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.087 261.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c6ed',
    500: '#8eaee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eaee5;
$custom-light: #b2c6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eaee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.931,
    "s": 62.59,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74759,
    "c": 0.0874,
    "h": 261
  },
  "luminance": 0.4168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAEE5

secondary

#F1E8DA

accent

#8A1BCA

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAEE5

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

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