#8EA3AC#8EA3AC

#8EA3AC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.027 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA3AC
RGB	rgb(142, 163, 172)
HSL	hsl(198, 15%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 17%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 5.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, -5.37, -7.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 8.92, 232.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.019 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.027 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6970, 34.9229, 44.0925)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA3AC #AC978E

analogous

#8EACA6 #8EA3AC #8E94AC

triadic

#8EA3AC #AC8EA3 #A3AC8E

tetradic

#8EA3AC #A68EAC #AC978E #94AC8E

square

#8EA3AC #A68EAC #AC978E #94AC8E

split-complementary

#8EA3AC #AC8E94 #ACA68E

monochromatic

#51666E #6B8692 #8EA3AC #B1C0C6 #D5DCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#8EA3AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#8EA3AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA3AC

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA3AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA3AC	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)

#9EA2AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea3ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 163, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.027 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbec4',
    500: '#8ea3ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea3ac;
$custom-light: #afbec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea3ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 15.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70213,
    "c": 0.02703,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA3AC

secondary

#D0C9C5

accent

#634C9A

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA3AC

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

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