#8EA5BB#8EA5BB

#8EA5BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.041 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5BB
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(209, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(209, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -3.04, -13.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 14.29, 257.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.016 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.041 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5776, 36.2478, 52.2315)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5BB #BBA48E

analogous

#8EBBBB #8EA5BB #8E8FBB

triadic

#8EA5BB #BB8EA5 #A5BB8E

tetradic

#8EA5BB #BB8EBB #BBA48E #8FBB8E

square

#8EA5BB #BB8EBB #BBA48E #8FBB8E

split-complementary

#8EA5BB #BB8E8F #BBBB8E

monochromatic

#4E6881 #6887A4 #8EA5BB #B4C3D2 #DAE2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8EA5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#8EA5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5BB

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5BB	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.041 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbfcf',
    500: '#8ea5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5bb;
$custom-light: #afbfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.333,
    "s": 24.862,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71172,
    "c": 0.04126,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5BB

secondary

#DAD2CB

accent

#7242A3

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5BB

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

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