#8EA3AA#8EA3AA

#8EA3AA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.026 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA3AA
RGB	rgb(142, 163, 170)
HSL	hsl(195, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 16%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 4.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, -5.81, -6.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 8.42, 226.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0197 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.026 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5064, 34.8467, 43.0885)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA3AA #AA958E

analogous

#8EAAA3 #8EA3AA #8E95AA

triadic

#8EA3AA #AA8EA3 #A3AA8E

tetradic

#8EA3AA #A38EAA #AA958E #95AA8E

square

#8EA3AA #A38EAA #AA958E #95AA8E

split-complementary

#8EA3AA #AA8E95 #AAA38E

monochromatic

#51666C #6C868F #8EA3AA #B1BFC4 #D4DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#8EA3AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#8EA3AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA3AA

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA3AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA3AA	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea3aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 163, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.026 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbec3',
    500: '#8ea3aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea3aa;
$custom-light: #afbec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea3aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 14.141,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70146,
    "c": 0.02571,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA3AA

secondary

#CFC7C5

accent

#604D98

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA3AA

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

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