#8EAEE6#8EAEE6

#8EAEE6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.089 H 261.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAEE6
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 230)
HSL	hsl(218, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(218, 38%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, 2.81, -31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 31.71, 275.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0133 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.089 261.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5699, 41.7340, 80.7654)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAEE6 #E6C68E

analogous

#8EDAE6 #8EAEE6 #9A8EE6

triadic

#8EAEE6 #E68EAE #AEE68E

tetradic

#8EAEE6 #E68EDA #E6C68E #8EE69A

square

#8EAEE6 #E68EDA #E6C68E #8EE69A

split-complementary

#8EAEE6 #E69A8E #DAE68E

monochromatic

#2D67CC #5C8ADB #8EAEE6 #C0D2F1 #E6EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#8EAEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#8EAEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAEE6

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAEE6	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71BAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eaee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.089 261.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c6ee',
    500: '#8eaee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eaee6;
$custom-light: #b2c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eaee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 63.768,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74803,
    "c": 0.08872,
    "h": 261.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAEE6

secondary

#F1E9DA

accent

#8B1ACC

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAEE6

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

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