#8EA3B4#8EA3B4

#8EA3B4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.034 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA3B4
RGB	rgb(142, 163, 180)
HSL	hsl(207, 20%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 21%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 9.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -3.57, -11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 11.78, 252.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0158 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.034 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4885, 35.2395, 48.2613)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA3B4 #B49F8E

analogous

#8EB4B2 #8EA3B4 #8E90B4

triadic

#8EA3B4 #B48EA3 #A3B48E

tetradic

#8EA3B4 #B28EB4 #B49F8E #90B48E

square

#8EA3B4 #B28EB4 #B49F8E #90B48E

split-complementary

#8EA3B4 #B48E90 #B4B28E

monochromatic

#506678 #69859C #8EA3B4 #B3C1CC #D8DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#8EA3B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#8EA3B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA3B4

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA3B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA3B4	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea3b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 163, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.034 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbeca',
    500: '#8ea3b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea3b4;
$custom-light: #afbeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea3b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.842,
    "s": 20.213,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70488,
    "c": 0.03435,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA3B4

secondary

#D6CEC8

accent

#6E479F

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA3B4

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

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