#8EB3E9#8EB3E9

#8EB3E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.088 H 257.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB3E9
RGB	rgb(142, 179, 233)
HSL	hsl(216, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 23.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, 0.85, -30.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 30.98, 271.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0187 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.088 257.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9788, 43.8720, 83.3312)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB3E9 #E9C48E

analogous

#8EE0E9 #8EB3E9 #968EE9

triadic

#8EB3E9 #E98EB3 #B3E98E

tetradic

#8EB3E9 #E98EE0 #E9C48E #8EE996

square

#8EB3E9 #E98EE0 #E9C48E #8EE996

split-complementary

#8EB3E9 #E9968E #E0E98E

monochromatic

#296ED3 #5B91DF #8EB3E9 #C1D5F3 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8EB3E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#8EB3E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB3E9

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB3E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB3E9	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ADE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FBFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb3e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 179, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.088 257.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c9f0',
    500: '#8eb3e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb3e9;
$custom-light: #b2c9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb3e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.604,
    "s": 67.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7598,
    "c": 0.08799,
    "h": 257.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB3E9

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8416CF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB3E9

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

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