#8EA5BD#8EA5BD

#8EA5BD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.044 H 249.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5BD
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(211, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(211, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -2.57, -14.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 15.19, 260.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0152 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.044 249.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7932, 36.3341, 53.3669)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5BD #BDA68E

analogous

#8EBDBD #8EA5BD #8E8EBD

triadic

#8EA5BD #BD8EA5 #A5BD8E

tetradic

#8EA5BD #BD8EBD #BDA68E #8EBD8E

square

#8EA5BD #BD8EBD #BDA68E #8EBD8E

split-complementary

#8EA5BD #BD8E8E #BDBD8E

monochromatic

#4D6884 #6786A6 #8EA5BD #B5C4D4 #DBE3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#8EA5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#8EA5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5BD

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5BD	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.044 249.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bfd0',
    500: '#8ea5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5bd;
$custom-light: #b0bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.638,
    "s": 26.257,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71245,
    "c": 0.0436,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5BD

secondary

#DBD4CB

accent

#7441A5

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F5F7F9

border

#CFD0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5BD

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

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