#8E94DE

sRGB · 142 / 148 / 222

#8E94DE belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 142 red, 148 green and 222 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 235.5° lands in the blue region. Its 54.8% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 71.4% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.44:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 142, 148, 222
HSL: 235.50°, 54.79%, 71.37%
HSV / HSB: 235.50°, 36.04%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 36.04%, 33.33%, 0.00%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 34.928, 32.204, 73.485
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 63.511, 15.417, -38.332
WCAG relative luminance: 0.32205
24-bit decimal: 9344222

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #8E94DE in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 7.44:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 2.82:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#DED88E sits half a turn (180°) from #8E94DE on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#8E94DE #DED88E

Analogous

#8EBCDE and #B08EDE sit 30° to either side of #8E94DE. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#8EBCDE #8E94DE #B08EDE

Triadic

#8E94DE, #DE8E94 and #94DE8E are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#8E94DE #DE8E94 #94DE8E

Split complementary

Start at #8E94DE and look across the wheel. #DEB08E and #BCDE8E sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#8E94DE #DEB08E #BCDE8E

Square

Starting with #8E94DE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DE8EBC, #DED88E, then #8EDEB0. Across the square, #8E94DE pairs with #DED88E, and #DE8EBC with #8EDEB0.

#8E94DE #DE8EBC #DED88E #8EDEB0

Tetradic

#8E94DE and #DED88E are opposites, as are #D88EDE and #94DE8E. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#8E94DE #D88EDE #DED88E #94DE8E

Tints

Mixing #8E94DE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A5A9E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #E8EAF8, the mixture is 80% white.

#8E94DE #A5A9E5 #BBBFEB #D2D4F2 #E8EAF8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #8E94DE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #7276B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #1C1E2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#8E94DE #7276B2 #555985 #393B59 #1C1E2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #8E94DE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8B90CB, keeps 80% of the original. By #838493, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#8E94DE #8B90CB #888CB8 #8688A6 #838493 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#8E94DE

RGB

rgb(142 148 222)

HSL

hsl(235.500 54.795% 71.373%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #8E94DE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#8E94DE uses 142 red, 148 green and 222 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 55.7%

Green 58.0%

Blue 87.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #8E94DE is 36.0% cyan, 33.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 12.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 36.0%

Magenta 33.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 12.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #8899DD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #89D in CSS. For a modern design, keep #8E94DE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9999CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #8899DD Nearest web-safe · #9999CC

Gradient to complement

#8E94DE #9B9FD1 #A9ABC3 #B6B6B6 #C3C1A9 #D1CD9B #DED88E

Color vision previews

Compare how #8E94DE appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#7C9DE1

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#7897DC

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#78A2AF

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#8299DF

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#8097DD

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#8999CE

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#9A9A9A

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#9497C0

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.27050 G 0.29614 B 0.73046

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.56113 G 0.57963 B 0.84950

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.27505 G 0.29529 B 0.69116

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.248 y 0.229 Y 32.204

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 44.314 M % 41.961 Y % 12.941

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

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