#8EA6AE#8EA6AE

#8EA6AE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.029 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA6AE
RGB	rgb(142, 166, 174)
HSL	hsl(195, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 4.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -6.56, -6.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 9.53, 226.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0224 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.029 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4295, 36.0783, 45.2914)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA6AE #AE968E

analogous

#8EAEA6 #8EA6AE #8E96AE

triadic

#8EA6AE #AE8EA6 #A6AE8E

tetradic

#8EA6AE #A68EAE #AE968E #96AE8E

square

#8EA6AE #A68EAE #AE968E #96AE8E

split-complementary

#8EA6AE #AE8E96 #AEA68E

monochromatic

#516971 #6A8A94 #8EA6AE #B2C2C8 #D5DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8EA6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#8EA6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA6AE

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA6AE	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 166, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.029 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc0c6',
    500: '#8ea6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea6ae;
$custom-light: #afc0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70936,
    "c": 0.02919,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA6AE

secondary

#D2C9C6

accent

#5F4B9B

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA6AE

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

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