#8EA4AD#8EA4AD

#8EA4AD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.028 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA4AD
RGB	rgb(142, 164, 173)
HSL	hsl(197, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 5.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -5.70, -7.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 9.20, 231.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.02 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.028 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9716, 35.3180, 44.6596)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA4AD #AD978E

analogous

#8EADA7 #8EA4AD #8E95AD

triadic

#8EA4AD #AD8EA4 #A4AD8E

tetradic

#8EA4AD #A78EAD #AD978E #95AD8E

square

#8EA4AD #A78EAD #AD978E #95AD8E

split-complementary

#8EA4AD #AD8E95 #ADA78E

monochromatic

#516770 #6B8793 #8EA4AD #B1C1C7 #D5DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#8EA4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#8EA4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA4AD

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA4AD	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	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)

#9FA3AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 164, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.028 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbfc5',
    500: '#8ea4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea4ad;
$custom-light: #afbfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.419,
    "s": 15.897,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70465,
    "c": 0.02795,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA4AD

secondary

#D1C9C6

accent

#624B9A

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA4AD

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

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