#8EAEE8 — Blue

#8EAEE8 is a blue in the Blue family. In practice it looks like a soft, dusty medium blue, and it is also commonly known as Blue, Cobalt Blue. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#8EAEE8 color swatch, blue#8EAEE8
CSS Namelightsteelblue (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f3f6fa
100#e5eaf4
200#cfdaed
300#aec1e4
400#87a3d5
500#6b8bc6
600#5b79b1
700#486497
800#3b537f
900#31466d
950#1b2942

Accessibility

Contrast on white
2.24:1
Contrast on black
9.37:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • AA Large (3:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • UI components (3:1) on whiteFail

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.007 262); /* #f3f6fa */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.014 262); /* #e5eaf4 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.03 262); /* #cfdaed */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.054 262); /* #aec1e4 */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.08 262); /* #87a3d5 */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.096 262); /* #6b8bc6 */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.094 262); /* #5b79b1 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.088 262); /* #486497 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.079 262); /* #3b537f */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.071 262); /* #31466d */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.05 262); /* #1b2942 */
}

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