#8E9CA2#8E9CA2

#8E9CA2 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.018 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9CA2
RGB	rgb(142, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(198, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 3.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, -3.70, -4.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 6.08, 232.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.0129 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.018 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5639, 32.1358, 38.8207)
Luminance	0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9CA2 #A2948E

analogous

#8EA29E #8E9CA2 #8E92A2

triadic

#8E9CA2 #A28E9C #9CA28E

tetradic

#8E9CA2 #9E8EA2 #A2948E #92A28E

square

#8E9CA2 #9E8EA2 #A2948E #92A28E

split-complementary

#8E9CA2 #A28E92 #A29E8E

monochromatic

#525E64 #6E7E85 #8E9CA2 #B0B9BE #D1D7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#8E9CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#8E9CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9CA2

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9CA2	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999BA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9699A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.018 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb9bd',
    500: '#8e9ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9ca2;
$custom-light: #afb9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 9.709,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68352,
    "c": 0.01829,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9CA2

secondary

#CAC4C2

accent

#8875B3

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9CA2

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

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