#8EA4AC#8EA4AC

#8EA4AC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.027 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA4AC
RGB	rgb(142, 164, 172)
HSL	hsl(196, 15%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 17%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 4.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -5.92, -6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 8.95, 228.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.0204 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.027 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8752, 35.2794, 44.1519)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA4AC #AC968E

analogous

#8EACA5 #8EA4AC #8E95AC

triadic

#8EA4AC #AC8EA4 #A4AC8E

tetradic

#8EA4AC #A58EAC #AC968E #95AC8E

square

#8EA4AC #A58EAC #AC968E #95AC8E

split-complementary

#8EA4AC #AC8E95 #ACA58E

monochromatic

#51676E #6B8792 #8EA4AC #B1C0C6 #D5DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#8EA4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#8EA4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA4AC

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA4AC	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 164, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.027 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbfc4',
    500: '#8ea4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea4ac;
$custom-light: #afbfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 15.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70431,
    "c": 0.02729,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA4AC

secondary

#D0C8C5

accent

#614C9A

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA4AC

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

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