#8EB2ED#8EB2ED

#8EB2ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.094 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB2ED
RGB	rgb(142, 178, 237)
HSL	hsl(217, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(217, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 24.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, 2.47, -33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 33.41, 274.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0162 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.094 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3570, 43.7037, 86.3081)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB2ED #EDC98E

analogous

#8EE2ED #8EB2ED #9A8EED

triadic

#8EB2ED #ED8EB2 #B2ED8E

tetradic

#8EB2ED #ED8EE2 #EDC98E #8EED9A

square

#8EB2ED #ED8EE2 #EDC98E #8EED9A

split-complementary

#8EB2ED #ED9A8E #E2ED8E

monochromatic

#246ADC #598EE5 #8EB2ED #C3D6F5 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8EB2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#8EB2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB2ED

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB2ED	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ADEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DBFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 178, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.094 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c8f3',
    500: '#8eb2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb2ed;
$custom-light: #b2c8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.263,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75943,
    "c": 0.09408,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB2ED

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8A11D5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB2ED

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

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