#8EA2A9#8EA2A9

#8EA2A9 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.025 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA2A9
RGB	rgb(142, 162, 169)
HSL	hsl(196, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 16%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 4.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, -5.49, -5.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 8.12, 227.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0187 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.025 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2353, 34.4553, 42.5333)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA2A9 #A9958E

analogous

#8EA9A2 #8EA2A9 #8E94A9

triadic

#8EA2A9 #A98EA2 #A2A98E

tetradic

#8EA2A9 #A28EA9 #A9958E #94A98E

square

#8EA2A9 #A28EA9 #A9958E #94A98E

split-complementary

#8EA2A9 #A98E94 #A9A28E

monochromatic

#52646B #6C858E #8EA2A9 #B1BFC3 #D4DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#8EA2A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#8EA2A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA2A9

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA2A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA2A9	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea2a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 162, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.025 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbdc2',
    500: '#8ea2a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea2a9;
$custom-light: #afbdc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea2a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 13.568,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69894,
    "c": 0.02475,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA2A9

secondary

#CEC7C4

accent

#614E98

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA2A9

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

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