#8EA0A8#8EA0A8

#8EA0A8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.024 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA0A8
RGB	rgb(142, 160, 168)
HSL	hsl(198, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 15%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, -4.61, -6.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 7.80, 233.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.0162 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.024 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7923, 33.7189, 41.9243)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA0A8 #A8968E

analogous

#8EA8A3 #8EA0A8 #8E93A8

triadic

#8EA0A8 #A88EA0 #A0A88E

tetradic

#8EA0A8 #A38EA8 #A8968E #93A88E

square

#8EA0A8 #A38EA8 #A8968E #93A88E

split-complementary

#8EA0A8 #A88E93 #A8A38E

monochromatic

#52626A #6C838D #8EA0A8 #B1BDC3 #D3DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#8EA0A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#8EA0A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA0A8

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA0A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA0A8	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9FA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea0a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 160, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.024 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbcc1',
    500: '#8ea0a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea0a8;
$custom-light: #afbcc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea0a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 13,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69423,
    "c": 0.02352,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA0A8

secondary

#CEC7C4

accent

#654E97

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA0A8

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

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