#8E9AAA#8E9AAA

#8E9AAA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.027 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9AAA
RGB	rgb(142, 154, 170)
HSL	hsl(214, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(214, 16%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 9.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, -0.85, -9.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 9.83, 265.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0068 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.027 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9649, 31.7637, 42.5747)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9AAA #AA9E8E

analogous

#8EA8AA #8E9AAA #908EAA

triadic

#8E9AAA #AA8E9A #9AAA8E

tetradic

#8E9AAA #AA8EA8 #AA9E8E #8EAA90

square

#8E9AAA #AA8EA8 #AA9E8E #8EAA90

split-complementary

#8E9AAA #AA908E #A8AA8E

monochromatic

#515D6C #6C7B8F #8E9AAA #B1B9C4 #D4D8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#8E9AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#8E9AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9AAA

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9AAA	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 154, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.027 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb7c3',
    500: '#8e9aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9aaa;
$custom-light: #afb7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 14.141,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68191,
    "c": 0.02734,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9AAA

secondary

#CFCBC5

accent

#784D98

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9AAA

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

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