#8EB4EC#8EB4EC

#8EB4EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.091 H 257.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB4EC
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 236)
HSL	hsl(216, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 23.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, 1.10, -32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 32.03, 271.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.019 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.091 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6121, 44.4471, 85.6744)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB4EC #ECC68E

analogous

#8EE3EC #8EB4EC #978EEC

triadic

#8EB4EC #EC8EB4 #B4EC8E

tetradic

#8EB4EC #EC8EE3 #ECC68E #8EEC97

square

#8EB4EC #EC8EE3 #ECC68E #8EEC97

split-complementary

#8EB4EC #EC978E #E3EC8E

monochromatic

#256EDA #5A91E3 #8EB4EC #C2D7F5 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#8EB4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#8EB4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB4EC

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB4EC	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EC0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.091 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2caf2',
    500: '#8eb4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb4ec;
$custom-light: #b2caf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.745,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76319,
    "c": 0.09094,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB4EC

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8512D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB4EC

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

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