#8EA5B8#8EA5B8

#8EA5B8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.038 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5B8
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 184)
HSL	hsl(207, 23%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(207, 23%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 10.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -3.74, -12.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 12.99, 253.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0171 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.038 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2598, 36.1207, 50.5577)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5B8 #B8A18E

analogous

#8EB8B6 #8EA5B8 #8E90B8

triadic

#8EA5B8 #B88EA5 #A5B88E

tetradic

#8EA5B8 #B68EB8 #B8A18E #90B88E

square

#8EA5B8 #B68EB8 #B8A18E #90B88E

split-complementary

#8EA5B8 #B88E90 #B8B68E

monochromatic

#4F687D #6887A0 #8EA5B8 #B4C3D0 #D9E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8EA5B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#8EA5B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5B8

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5B8	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A0B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.038 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbfcd',
    500: '#8ea5b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5b8;
$custom-light: #afbfcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.143,
    "s": 22.826,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71064,
    "c": 0.03791,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5B8

secondary

#D8D0CA

accent

#6E44A1

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5B8

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

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