#8EB3EE#8EB3EE

#8EB3EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.094 H 259.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB3EE
RGB	rgb(142, 179, 238)
HSL	hsl(217, 74%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(217, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 24.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, 2.19, -33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 33.46, 273.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0171 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.094 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7031, 44.1617, 87.1463)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB3EE #EEC98E

analogous

#8EE3EE #8EB3EE #998EEE

triadic

#8EB3EE #EE8EB3 #B3EE8E

tetradic

#8EB3EE #EE8EE3 #EEC98E #8EEE99

square

#8EB3EE #EE8EE3 #EEC98E #8EEE99

split-complementary

#8EB3EE #EE998E #E3EE8E

monochromatic

#246BDE #598FE6 #8EB3EE #C3D7F6 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#8EB3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#8EB3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB3EE

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB3EE	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DC0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 179, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.094 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c9f3',
    500: '#8eb3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb3ee;
$custom-light: #b2c9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.875,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76196,
    "c": 0.09445,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB3EE

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#8910D6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB3EE

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

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