#8EA5BE#8EA5BE

#8EA5BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.045 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5BE
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(211, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(211, 25%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -2.33, -15.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 15.66, 261.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0149 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.045 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9021, 36.3776, 53.9406)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5BE #BEA78E

analogous

#8EBDBE #8EA5BE #8F8EBE

triadic

#8EA5BE #BE8EA5 #A5BE8E

tetradic

#8EA5BE #BE8EBD #BEA78E #8EBE8F

square

#8EA5BE #BE8EBD #BEA78E #8EBE8F

split-complementary

#8EA5BE #BE8F8E #BDBE8E

monochromatic

#4D6885 #6786A8 #8EA5BE #B5C4D4 #DCE3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#8EA5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#8EA5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5BE

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5BE	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.045 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bfd1',
    500: '#8ea5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5be;
$custom-light: #b0bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.25,
    "s": 26.966,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71282,
    "c": 0.0448,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5BE

secondary

#DCD4CC

accent

#7540A6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F5F7F9

border

#CFD0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5BE

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

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