#8EA5AE#8EA5AE

#8EA5AE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.029 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5AE
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 5.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -6.02, -7.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 9.48, 230.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.021 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.029 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2484, 35.7162, 45.2310)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5AE #AE978E

analogous

#8EAEA7 #8EA5AE #8E95AE

triadic

#8EA5AE #AE8EA5 #A5AE8E

tetradic

#8EA5AE #A78EAE #AE978E #95AE8E

square

#8EA5AE #A78EAE #AE978E #95AE8E

split-complementary

#8EA5AE #AE8E95 #AEA78E

monochromatic

#516871 #6A8994 #8EA5AE #B2C1C8 #D5DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#8EA5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#8EA5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5AE

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5AE	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)

#A0A4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.029 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbfc6',
    500: '#8ea5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5ae;
$custom-light: #afbfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70717,
    "c": 0.02888,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5AE

secondary

#D2C9C6

accent

#614B9B

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5AE

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

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