#8EA3AF#8EA3AF

#8EA3AF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.029 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA3AF
RGB	rgb(142, 163, 175)
HSL	hsl(202, 17%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 19%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -4.70, -8.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 9.86, 241.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0178 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.029 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9884, 35.0395, 45.6270)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA3AF #AF9A8E

analogous

#8EAFAA #8EA3AF #8E93AF

triadic

#8EA3AF #AF8EA3 #A3AF8E

tetradic

#8EA3AF #AA8EAF #AF9A8E #93AF8E

square

#8EA3AF #AA8EAF #AF9A8E #93AF8E

split-complementary

#8EA3AF #AF8E93 #AFAA8E

monochromatic

#516672 #6A8696 #8EA3AF #B2C0C8 #D6DDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#8EA3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#8EA3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA3AF

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA3AF	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA2B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 163, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.029 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbec6',
    500: '#8ea3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea3af;
$custom-light: #afbec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 17.098,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70314,
    "c": 0.02943,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA3AF

secondary

#D2CBC6

accent

#684A9B

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA3AF

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

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