#8E9EAA#8E9EAA

#8E9EAA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.025 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9EAA
RGB	rgb(142, 158, 170)
HSL	hsl(206, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 16%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 7.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, -3.07, -8.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 8.71, 249.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.0126 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.025 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6361, 33.1061, 42.7984)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9EAA #AA9A8E

analogous

#8EAAA8 #8E9EAA #8E90AA

triadic

#8E9EAA #AA8E9E #9EAA8E

tetradic

#8E9EAA #A88EAA #AA9A8E #90AA8E

square

#8E9EAA #A88EAA #AA9A8E #90AA8E

split-complementary

#8E9EAA #AA8E90 #AAA88E

monochromatic

#51616C #6C808F #8E9EAA #B1BCC4 #D4DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#8E9EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#8E9EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9EAA

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9EAA	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 158, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.025 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbac3',
    500: '#8e9eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9eaa;
$custom-light: #afbac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 14.141,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69056,
    "c": 0.02537,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9EAA

secondary

#CFC9C5

accent

#6D4D98

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9EAA

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

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