#8EA3A9#8EA3A9

#8EA3A9 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.025 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA3A9
RGB	rgb(142, 163, 169)
HSL	hsl(193, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(193, 16%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 3.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, -6.03, -5.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 8.22, 222.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0201 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.025 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4121, 34.8090, 42.5922)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA3A9 #A9948E

analogous

#8EA9A1 #8EA3A9 #8E95A9

triadic

#8EA3A9 #A98EA3 #A3A98E

tetradic

#8EA3A9 #A18EA9 #A9948E #95A98E

square

#8EA3A9 #A18EA9 #A9948E #95A98E

split-complementary

#8EA3A9 #A98E95 #A9A18E

monochromatic

#52656B #6C868E #8EA3A9 #B1BFC3 #D4DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#8EA3A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#8EA3A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA3A9

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA3A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA3A9	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA1A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea3a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 163, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.025 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbec2',
    500: '#8ea3a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea3a9;
$custom-light: #afbec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea3a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 13.568,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70113,
    "c": 0.02517,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA3A9

secondary

#CEC7C4

accent

#5E4E98

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA3A9

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

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