#8EA5AA#8EA5AA

#8EA5AA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.027 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5AA
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 170)
HSL	hsl(191, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 16%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 2.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, -6.90, -5.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 8.68, 217.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0226 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.027 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8643, 35.5625, 43.2078)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5AA #AA938E

analogous

#8EAAA1 #8EA5AA #8E97AA

triadic

#8EA5AA #AA8EA5 #A5AA8E

tetradic

#8EA5AA #A18EAA #AA938E #97AA8E

square

#8EA5AA #A18EAA #AA938E #97AA8E

split-complementary

#8EA5AA #AA8E97 #AAA18E

monochromatic

#51676C #6C898F #8EA5AA #B1C1C4 #D4DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#8EA5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#8EA5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5AA

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5AA	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.027 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbfc3',
    500: '#8ea5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5aa;
$custom-light: #afbfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.714,
    "s": 14.141,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70584,
    "c": 0.02672,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5AA

secondary

#CFC7C5

accent

#5B4D98

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F7F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5AA

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

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