#8EB4EE#8EB4EE

#8EB4EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.094 H 258.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB4EE
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 238)
HSL	hsl(216, 74%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(216, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 24.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, 1.64, -32.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 33.01, 272.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0184 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.094 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9043, 44.5640, 87.2133)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB4EE #EEC88E

analogous

#8EE4EE #8EB4EE #988EEE

triadic

#8EB4EE #EE8EB4 #B4EE8E

tetradic

#8EB4EE #EE8EE4 #EEC88E #8EEE98

square

#8EB4EE #EE8EE4 #EEC88E #8EEE98

split-complementary

#8EB4EE #EE988E #E4EE8E

monochromatic

#246DDE #5991E6 #8EB4EE #C3D7F6 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#8EB4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#8EB4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB4EE

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB4EE	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DC0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.094 258.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2caf3',
    500: '#8eb4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb4ee;
$custom-light: #b2caf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.25,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76405,
    "c": 0.09352,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB4EE

secondary

#F3E8D8

accent

#8710D6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB4EE

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

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