#8EA2AB#8EA2AB

#8EA2AB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.026 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA2AB
RGB	rgb(142, 162, 171)
HSL	hsl(199, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 17%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 5.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, -5.05, -7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 8.65, 234.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0179 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.026 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4245, 34.5309, 43.5297)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA2AB #AB978E

analogous

#8EABA6 #8EA2AB #8E94AB

triadic

#8EA2AB #AB8EA2 #A2AB8E

tetradic

#8EA2AB #A68EAB #AB978E #94AB8E

square

#8EA2AB #A68EAB #AB978E #94AB8E

split-complementary

#8EA2AB #AB8E94 #ABA68E

monochromatic

#51656D #6B8590 #8EA2AB #B1BFC5 #D4DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#8EA2AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#8EA2AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA2AB

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA2AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA2AB	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea2ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 162, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.026 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbdc4',
    500: '#8ea2ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea2ab;
$custom-light: #afbdc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea2ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 14.721,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6996,
    "c": 0.0261,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA2AB

secondary

#D0C8C5

accent

#644D99

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA2AB

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

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