#8EA3A8#8EA3A8

#8EA3A8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.025 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA3A8
RGB	rgb(142, 163, 168)
HSL	hsl(192, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 15%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -6.25, -5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 8.04, 219.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0205 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.025 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3186, 34.7716, 42.0997)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA3A8 #A8938E

analogous

#8EA8A0 #8EA3A8 #8E96A8

triadic

#8EA3A8 #A88EA3 #A3A88E

tetradic

#8EA3A8 #A08EA8 #A8938E #96A88E

square

#8EA3A8 #A08EA8 #A8938E #96A88E

split-complementary

#8EA3A8 #A88E96 #A8A08E

monochromatic

#52656A #6C868D #8EA3A8 #B1BFC3 #D3DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#8EA3A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#8EA3A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA3A8

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA3A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA3A8	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea3a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 163, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.025 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbec1',
    500: '#8ea3a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea3a8;
$custom-light: #afbec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea3a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 13,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7008,
    "c": 0.02469,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA3A8

secondary

#CEC6C4

accent

#5C4E97

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA3A8

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

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