#8EA5AD#8EA5AD

#8EA5AD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.028 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5AD
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 173)
HSL	hsl(195, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 4.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -6.24, -6.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 9.24, 227.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0214 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.028 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1513, 35.6773, 44.7195)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5AD #AD968E

analogous

#8EADA6 #8EA5AD #8E96AD

triadic

#8EA5AD #AD8EA5 #A5AD8E

tetradic

#8EA5AD #A68EAD #AD968E #96AD8E

square

#8EA5AD #A68EAD #AD968E #96AD8E

split-complementary

#8EA5AD #AD8E96 #ADA68E

monochromatic

#516870 #6B8993 #8EA5AD #B1C1C7 #D5DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#8EA5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#8EA5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5AD

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5AD	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A3AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85A8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.028 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbfc5',
    500: '#8ea5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5ad;
$custom-light: #afbfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.484,
    "s": 15.897,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70684,
    "c": 0.02824,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5AD

secondary

#D1C9C6

accent

#604B9A

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5AD

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

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