#8EA4AB#8EA4AB

#8EA4AB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.027 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA4AB
RGB	rgb(142, 164, 171)
HSL	hsl(194, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 17%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 4.1%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -6.14, -6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 8.72, 225.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0208 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.027 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7796, 35.2412, 43.6480)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA4AB #AB958E

analogous

#8EABA4 #8EA4AB #8E96AB

triadic

#8EA4AB #AB8EA4 #A4AB8E

tetradic

#8EA4AB #A48EAB #AB958E #96AB8E

square

#8EA4AB #A48EAB #AB958E #96AB8E

split-complementary

#8EA4AB #AB8E96 #ABA48E

monochromatic

#51676D #6B8790 #8EA4AB #B1C0C5 #D4DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#8EA4AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#8EA4AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA4AB

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA4AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA4AB	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)

#9FA2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea4ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 164, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.027 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbfc4',
    500: '#8ea4ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea4ab;
$custom-light: #afbfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea4ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 14.721,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70398,
    "c": 0.0267,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA4AB

secondary

#D0C8C5

accent

#5F4D99

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA4AB

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

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