#8EA0AC#8EA0AC

#8EA0AC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.027 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA0AC
RGB	rgb(142, 160, 172)
HSL	hsl(204, 15%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 17%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -3.73, -8.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 9.15, 245.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0147 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.027 237)
XYZ	xyz(31.1706, 33.8702, 43.9171)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA0AC #AC9A8E

analogous

#8EACA9 #8EA0AC #8E91AC

triadic

#8EA0AC #AC8EA0 #A0AC8E

tetradic

#8EA0AC #A98EAC #AC9A8E #91AC8E

square

#8EA0AC #A98EAC #AC9A8E #91AC8E

split-complementary

#8EA0AC #AC8E91 #ACA98E

monochromatic

#51636E #6B8292 #8EA0AC #B1BEC6 #D5DBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#8EA0AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#8EA0AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA0AC

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA0AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA0AC	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)

#9B9FAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea0ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 160, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.027 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbcc4',
    500: '#8ea0ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea0ac;
$custom-light: #afbcc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea0ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 15.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69559,
    "c": 0.02695,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.33871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA0AC

secondary

#D0CAC5

accent

#6B4C9A

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA0AC

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

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