#8EB3EB#8EB3EB

#8EB3EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.091 H 258.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB3EB
RGB	rgb(142, 179, 235)
HSL	hsl(216, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 23.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, 1.38, -31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 31.97, 272.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.018 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.091 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2661, 43.9869, 84.8444)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB3EB #EBC68E

analogous

#8EE2EB #8EB3EB #988EEB

triadic

#8EB3EB #EB8EB3 #B3EB8E

tetradic

#8EB3EB #EB8EE2 #EBC68E #8EEB98

square

#8EB3EB #EB8EE2 #EBC68E #8EEB98

split-complementary

#8EB3EB #EB988E #E2EB8E

monochromatic

#266DD8 #5A90E2 #8EB3EB #C2D6F4 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#8EB3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#8EB3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB3EB

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB3EB	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EBFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 179, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.091 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c9f1',
    500: '#8eb3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb3eb;
$custom-light: #b2c9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.129,
    "s": 69.925,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76066,
    "c": 0.09056,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB3EB

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8614D2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB3EB

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

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