#8EA4AE#8EA4AE

#8EA4AE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.029 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA4AE
RGB	rgb(142, 164, 174)
HSL	hsl(199, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -5.47, -7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 9.48, 234.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0196 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.029 227)
XYZ	xyz(32.0688, 35.3568, 45.1711)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA4AE #AE988E

analogous

#8EAEA8 #8EA4AE #8E94AE

triadic

#8EA4AE #AE8EA4 #A4AE8E

tetradic

#8EA4AE #A88EAE #AE988E #94AE8E

square

#8EA4AE #A88EAE #AE988E #94AE8E

split-complementary

#8EA4AE #AE8E94 #AEA88E

monochromatic

#516771 #6A8794 #8EA4AE #B2C1C8 #D5DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#8EA4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#8EA4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA4AE

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA4AE	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 164, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.029 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbfc6',
    500: '#8ea4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea4ae;
$custom-light: #afbfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70498,
    "c": 0.02867,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.35358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA4AE

secondary

#D2CAC6

accent

#644B9B

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA4AE

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

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