#8FA5E7#8FA5E7

#8FA5E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.099 H 269.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8FA5E7
RGB	rgb(143, 165, 231)
HSL	hsl(225, 65%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(225, 38%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 28.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, 8.39, -35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 36.64, 283.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0005 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.099 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2023, 38.5176, 80.9549)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8FA5E7 #E7D18F

analogous

#8FD1E7 #8FA5E7 #A58FE7

triadic

#8FA5E7 #E78FA5 #A5E78F

tetradic

#8FA5E7 #E78FD1 #E7D18F #8FE7A5

square

#8FA5E7 #E78FD1 #E7D18F #8FE7A5

split-complementary

#8FA5E7 #E7A58F #D1E78F

monochromatic

#2C55CF #5D7CDC #8FA5E7 #C1CDF2 #E6EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8FA5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#8FA5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8FA5E7

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8FA5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8FA5E7	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FABEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74B2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8fa5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 165, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.099 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bfef',
    500: '#8fa5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8fa5e7;
$custom-light: #b2bfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8fa5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73049,
    "c": 0.09941,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8FA5E7

secondary

#F1EBDA

accent

#A019CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #8FA5E7

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

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