#8EA6AD#8EA6AD

#8EA6AD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.029 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA6AD
RGB	rgb(142, 166, 173)
HSL	hsl(194, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -6.78, -6.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 9.33, 223.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0228 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.029 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3324, 36.0395, 44.7799)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA6AD #AD958E

analogous

#8EADA5 #8EA6AD #8E97AD

triadic

#8EA6AD #AD8EA6 #A6AD8E

tetradic

#8EA6AD #A58EAD #AD958E #97AD8E

square

#8EA6AD #A58EAD #AD958E #97AD8E

split-complementary

#8EA6AD #AD8E97 #ADA58E

monochromatic

#516970 #6B8A93 #8EA6AD #B1C2C7 #D5DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8EA6AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#8EA6AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA6AD

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA6AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA6AD	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea6ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 166, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.029 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc0c5',
    500: '#8ea6ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea6ad;
$custom-light: #afc0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea6ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 15.897,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70903,
    "c": 0.02864,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA6AD

secondary

#D1C8C6

accent

#5D4B9A

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA6AD

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

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