#8EA5AF#8EA5AF

#8EA5AF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.030 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5AF
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 175)
HSL	hsl(198, 17%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 19%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -5.80, -7.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 9.75, 233.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0206 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.03 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3463, 35.7553, 45.7464)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5AF #AF988E

analogous

#8EAFA9 #8EA5AF #8E95AF

triadic

#8EA5AF #AF8EA5 #A5AF8E

tetradic

#8EA5AF #A98EAF #AF988E #95AF8E

square

#8EA5AF #A98EAF #AF988E #95AF8E

split-complementary

#8EA5AF #AF8E95 #AFA98E

monochromatic

#516872 #6A8896 #8EA5AF #B2C2C8 #D6DEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#8EA5AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#8EA5AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5AF

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5AF	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A4B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.030 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbfc6',
    500: '#8ea5af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5af;
$custom-light: #afbfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.182,
    "s": 17.098,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70751,
    "c": 0.02958,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5AF

secondary

#D2CAC6

accent

#634A9B

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5AF

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

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