#8EAEEE#8EAEEE

#8EAEEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.099 H 263.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAEEE
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 238)
HSL	hsl(220, 74%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(220, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 26.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, 4.97, -35.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 35.80, 277.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0109 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.099 263.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7192, 42.1937, 86.8183)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAEEE #EECE8E

analogous

#8EDEEE #8EAEEE #9E8EEE

triadic

#8EAEEE #EE8EAE #AEEE8E

tetradic

#8EAEEE #EE8EDE #EECE8E #8EEE9E

square

#8EAEEE #EE8EDE #EECE8E #8EEE9E

split-complementary

#8EAEEE #EE9E8E #DEEE8E

monochromatic

#2462DE #5988E6 #8EAEEE #C3D4F6 #E4ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8EAEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#8EAEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAEEE

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAEEE	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DBBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eaeee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.099 263.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c6f3',
    500: '#8eaeee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eaeee;
$custom-light: #b2c6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eaeee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75155,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 263.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAEEE

secondary

#F3EAD8

accent

#9410D6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAEEE

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

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