#8EA5AB#8EA5AB

#8EA5AB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.027 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5AB
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 171)
HSL	hsl(192, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 17%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 3.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -6.68, -5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 8.84, 220.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0222 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.027 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9592, 35.6005, 43.7079)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5AB #AB948E

analogous

#8EABA3 #8EA5AB #8E97AB

triadic

#8EA5AB #AB8EA5 #A5AB8E

tetradic

#8EA5AB #A38EAB #AB948E #97AB8E

square

#8EA5AB #A38EAB #AB948E #97AB8E

split-complementary

#8EA5AB #AB8E97 #ABA38E

monochromatic

#51686D #6B8990 #8EA5AB #B1C1C5 #D4DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#8EA5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#8EA5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5AB

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5AB	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A3AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.027 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbfc4',
    500: '#8ea5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5ab;
$custom-light: #afbfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.414,
    "s": 14.721,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70617,
    "c": 0.02715,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5AB

secondary

#D0C7C5

accent

#5C4D99

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5AB

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

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