#8E9EA0#8E9EA0

#8E9EA0 is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.018 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9EA0
RGB	rgb(142, 158, 160)
HSL	hsl(187, 9%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 11%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 1.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, -5.23, -2.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 6.01, 209.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0166 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.018 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7259, 32.7420, 38.0046)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9EA0 #A0908E

analogous

#8EA099 #8E9EA0 #8E95A0

triadic

#8E9EA0 #A08E9E #9EA08E

tetradic

#8E9EA0 #998EA0 #A0908E #95A08E

square

#8E9EA0 #998EA0 #A0908E #95A08E

split-complementary

#8E9EA0 #A08E95 #A0998E

monochromatic

#526062 #6E8183 #8E9EA0 #AFBBBC #D0D7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#8E9EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#8E9EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9EA0

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9EA0	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 158, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.018 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbabc',
    500: '#8e9ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9ea0;
$custom-light: #afbabc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 8.654,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68725,
    "c": 0.01843,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9EA0

secondary

#C8C2C1

accent

#7D76B2

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9EA0

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

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