#8EA6AF#8EA6AF

#8EA6AF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.030 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA6AF
RGB	rgb(142, 166, 175)
HSL	hsl(196, 17%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 19%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 5.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -6.34, -7.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 9.77, 229.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.022 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.03 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5273, 36.1174, 45.8067)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA6AF #AF978E

analogous

#8EAFA8 #8EA6AF #8E96AF

triadic

#8EA6AF #AF8EA6 #A6AF8E

tetradic

#8EA6AF #A88EAF #AF978E #96AF8E

square

#8EA6AF #A88EAF #AF978E #96AF8E

split-complementary

#8EA6AF #AF8E96 #AFA88E

monochromatic

#516972 #6A8A96 #8EA6AF #B2C2C8 #D6DEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8EA6AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#8EA6AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA6AF

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA6AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA6AF	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	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)

#A1A4B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea6af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 166, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.030 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc0c6',
    500: '#8ea6af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea6af;
$custom-light: #afc0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea6af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 17.098,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7097,
    "c": 0.02981,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA6AF

secondary

#D2CAC6

accent

#604A9B

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA6AF

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

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