#8EB2EC#8EB2EC

#8EB2EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.093 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB2EC
RGB	rgb(142, 178, 236)
HSL	hsl(217, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(217, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 24.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, 2.20, -32.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 32.91, 273.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0165 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.093 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2113, 43.6454, 85.5408)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB2EC #ECC88E

analogous

#8EE1EC #8EB2EC #998EEC

triadic

#8EB2EC #EC8EB2 #B2EC8E

tetradic

#8EB2EC #EC8EE1 #ECC88E #8EEC99

square

#8EB2EC #EC8EE1 #ECC88E #8EEC99

split-complementary

#8EB2EC #EC998E #E1EC8E

monochromatic

#256BDA #5A8EE3 #8EB2EC #C2D6F5 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8EB2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#8EB2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB2EC

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB2EC	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ACEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EBEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 178, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.093 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c8f2',
    500: '#8eb2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb2ec;
$custom-light: #b2c8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.021,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75899,
    "c": 0.09278,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB2EC

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8912D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB2EC

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

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