#8EA3AB#8EA3AB

#8EA3AB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.026 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA3AB
RGB	rgb(142, 163, 171)
HSL	hsl(197, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 17%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 4.7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, -5.59, -6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 8.66, 229.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0193 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.026 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6013, 34.8846, 43.5886)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA3AB #AB968E

analogous

#8EABA5 #8EA3AB #8E95AB

triadic

#8EA3AB #AB8EA3 #A3AB8E

tetradic

#8EA3AB #A58EAB #AB968E #95AB8E

square

#8EA3AB #A58EAB #AB968E #95AB8E

split-complementary

#8EA3AB #AB8E95 #ABA58E

monochromatic

#51666D #6B8690 #8EA3AB #B1C0C5 #D4DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#8EA3AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#8EA3AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA3AB

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA3AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA3AB	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea3ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 163, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.026 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbec4',
    500: '#8ea3ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea3ab;
$custom-light: #afbec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea3ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 14.721,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70179,
    "c": 0.02634,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA3AB

secondary

#D0C8C5

accent

#624D99

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA3AB

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

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