#8E9AA2#8E9AA2

#8E9AA2 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.018 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9AA2
RGB	rgb(142, 154, 162)
HSL	hsl(204, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 4.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, -2.60, -5.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 6.21, 245.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% -0.0099 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.018 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2310, 31.4701, 38.7097)
Luminance	0.3147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9AA2 #A2968E

analogous

#8EA2A0 #8E9AA2 #8E90A2

triadic

#8E9AA2 #A28E9A #9AA28E

tetradic

#8E9AA2 #A08EA2 #A2968E #90A28E

square

#8E9AA2 #A08EA2 #A2968E #90A28E

split-complementary

#8E9AA2 #A28E90 #A2A08E

monochromatic

#525D64 #6E7C85 #8E9AA2 #B0B8BE #D1D6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#8E9AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#8E9AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9AA2

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9AA2	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979AA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9497A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 154, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.018 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb7bd',
    500: '#8e9aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9aa2;
$custom-light: #afb7bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 9.709,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67917,
    "c": 0.01816,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9AA2

secondary

#CAC5C2

accent

#8E75B3

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9AA2

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

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