#8EA5B4#8EA5B4

#8EA5B4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.034 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5B4
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 180)
HSL	hsl(204, 20%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(204, 21%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 8.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -4.67, -10.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 11.40, 245.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0186 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.034 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8465, 35.9554, 48.3806)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5B4 #B49D8E

analogous

#8EB4B0 #8EA5B4 #8E92B4

triadic

#8EA5B4 #B48EA5 #A5B48E

tetradic

#8EA5B4 #B08EB4 #B49D8E #92B48E

square

#8EA5B4 #B08EB4 #B49D8E #92B48E

split-complementary

#8EA5B4 #B48E92 #B4B08E

monochromatic

#506878 #69889C #8EA5B4 #B3C2CC #D8E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8EA5B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#8EA5B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5B4

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5B4	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.034 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbfca',
    500: '#8ea5b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5b4;
$custom-light: #afbfca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.684,
    "s": 20.213,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70922,
    "c": 0.03382,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5B4

secondary

#D6CDC8

accent

#6A479F

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5B4

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

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