#8EA5C4#8EA5C4

#8EA5C4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.052 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5C4
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 196)
HSL	hsl(214, 31%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(214, 28%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 15.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, -0.89, -18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 18.53, 267.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0127 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.052 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5714, 36.6454, 57.4656)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5C4 #C4AD8E

analogous

#8EC0C4 #8EA5C4 #928EC4

triadic

#8EA5C4 #C48EA5 #A5C48E

tetradic

#8EA5C4 #C48EC0 #C4AD8E #8EC492

square

#8EA5C4 #C48EC0 #C4AD8E #8EC492

split-complementary

#8EA5C4 #C4928E #C0C48E

monochromatic

#4A678E #6685AF #8EA5C4 #B6C5D9 #DEE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#8EA5C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#8EA5C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5C4

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5C4	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA6C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A1C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.052 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bfd6',
    500: '#8ea5c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5c4;
$custom-light: #b0bfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.444,
    "s": 31.395,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71509,
    "c": 0.05225,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5C4

secondary

#E0D8CE

accent

#7B3BAA

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F7FA

border

#CFD0D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5C4

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

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