#8EA7B4#8EA7B4

#8EA7B4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.034 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA7B4
RGB	rgb(142, 167, 180)
HSL	hsl(201, 20%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 21%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 7.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, -5.76, -9.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 11.17, 238.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0214 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.034 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2100, 36.6825, 48.5018)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA7B4 #B49B8E

analogous

#8EB4AE #8EA7B4 #8E94B4

triadic

#8EA7B4 #B48EA7 #A7B48E

tetradic

#8EA7B4 #AE8EB4 #B49B8E #94B48E

square

#8EA7B4 #AE8EB4 #B49B8E #94B48E

split-complementary

#8EA7B4 #B48E94 #B4AE8E

monochromatic

#506A78 #698A9C #8EA7B4 #B3C4CC #D8E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#8EA7B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#8EA7B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA7B4

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA7B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA7B4	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A6B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea7b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 167, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.034 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc1ca',
    500: '#8ea7b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea7b4;
$custom-light: #afc1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea7b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.526,
    "s": 20.213,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71358,
    "c": 0.03368,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA7B4

secondary

#D6CDC8

accent

#65479F

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA7B4

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

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