#8EA5B5#8EA5B5

#8EA5B5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.035 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5B5
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 181)
HSL	hsl(205, 21%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 22%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 8.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -4.44, -10.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 11.78, 247.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0182 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.035 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9487, 35.9963, 48.9191)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5B5 #B59E8E

analogous

#8EB5B1 #8EA5B5 #8E91B5

triadic

#8EA5B5 #B58EA5 #A5B58E

tetradic

#8EA5B5 #B18EB5 #B59E8E #91B58E

square

#8EA5B5 #B18EB5 #B59E8E #91B58E

split-complementary

#8EA5B5 #B58E91 #B5B18E

monochromatic

#4F6879 #69889D #8EA5B5 #B3C2CD #D8E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8EA5B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#8EA5B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5B5

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5B5	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.035 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbfcb',
    500: '#8ea5b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5b5;
$custom-light: #afbfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.615,
    "s": 20.856,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70957,
    "c": 0.0348,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5B5

secondary

#D6CEC8

accent

#6B469F

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5B5

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

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