#8EA0AB#8EA0AB

#8EA0AB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.026 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA0AB
RGB	rgb(142, 160, 171)
HSL	hsl(203, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 17%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 6.4%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, -3.95, -7.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 8.78, 243.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0151 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.026 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0750, 33.8319, 43.4132)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA0AB #AB998E

analogous

#8EABA8 #8EA0AB #8E92AB

triadic

#8EA0AB #AB8EA0 #A0AB8E

tetradic

#8EA0AB #A88EAB #AB998E #92AB8E

square

#8EA0AB #A88EAB #AB998E #92AB8E

split-complementary

#8EA0AB #AB8E92 #ABA88E

monochromatic

#51636D #6B8290 #8EA0AB #B1BEC5 #D4DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#8EA0AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#8EA0AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA0AB

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA0AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA0AB	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9FAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea0ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 160, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.026 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbcc4',
    500: '#8ea0ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea0ab;
$custom-light: #afbcc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea0ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.759,
    "s": 14.721,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69524,
    "c": 0.02601,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA0AB

secondary

#D0C9C5

accent

#6A4D99

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA0AB

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

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