#8E9EA4#8E9EA4

#8E9EA4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.020 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9EA4
RGB	rgb(142, 158, 164)
HSL	hsl(196, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 3.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -4.38, -5.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 6.68, 229.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.015 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.02 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0814, 32.8842, 39.8772)
Luminance	0.3288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9EA4 #A4948E

analogous

#8EA49F #8E9EA4 #8E93A4

triadic

#8E9EA4 #A48E9E #9EA48E

tetradic

#8E9EA4 #9F8EA4 #A4948E #93A48E

square

#8E9EA4 #9F8EA4 #A4948E #93A48E

split-complementary

#8E9EA4 #A48E93 #A49F8E

monochromatic

#526066 #6D8088 #8E9EA4 #B0BBBF #D2D8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#8E9EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#8E9EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9EA4

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9EA4	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9DA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 158, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.020 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbabf',
    500: '#8e9ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9ea4;
$custom-light: #afbabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 10.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68854,
    "c": 0.02023,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9EA4

secondary

#CBC5C3

accent

#8574B4

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9EA4

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

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