#8E9EAE#8E9EAE

#8E9EAE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.030 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9EAE
RGB	rgb(142, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(210, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(210, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -2.18, -10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 10.44, 257.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.011 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.03 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0202, 33.2598, 44.8216)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9EAE #AE9E8E

analogous

#8EAEAE #8E9EAE #8E8EAE

triadic

#8E9EAE #AE8E9E #9EAE8E

tetradic

#8E9EAE #AE8EAE #AE9E8E #8EAE8E

square

#8E9EAE #AE8EAE #AE9E8E #8EAE8E

split-complementary

#8E9EAE #AE8E8E #AEAE8E

monochromatic

#516171 #6A7F94 #8E9EAE #B2BDC8 #D5DBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#8E9EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#8E9EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9EAE

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9EAE	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989EAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.030 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbac6',
    500: '#8e9eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9eae;
$custom-light: #afbac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69194,
    "c": 0.02978,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9EAE

secondary

#D2CCC6

accent

#734B9B

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9EAE

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

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