#8EA5AC#8EA5AC

#8EA5AC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.028 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5AC
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 172)
HSL	hsl(194, 15%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 17%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 4.1%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, -6.46, -6.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 9.03, 224.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0218 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.028 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0549, 35.6387, 44.2118)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5AC #AC958E

analogous

#8EACA4 #8EA5AC #8E96AC

triadic

#8EA5AC #AC8EA5 #A5AC8E

tetradic

#8EA5AC #A48EAC #AC958E #96AC8E

square

#8EA5AC #A48EAC #AC958E #96AC8E

split-complementary

#8EA5AC #AC8E96 #ACA48E

monochromatic

#51686E #6B8992 #8EA5AC #B1C1C6 #D5DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#8EA5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#8EA5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5AC

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5AC	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.028 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbfc4',
    500: '#8ea5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5ac;
$custom-light: #afbfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 15.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7065,
    "c": 0.02766,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5AC

secondary

#D0C8C5

accent

#5E4C9A

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5AC

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

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