#8EA8AE#8EA8AE

#8EA8AE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.030 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA8AE
RGB	rgb(142, 168, 174)
HSL	hsl(191, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -7.65, -6.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 9.78, 218.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0252 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.03 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7959, 36.8111, 45.4135)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA8AE #AE948E

analogous

#8EAEA4 #8EA8AE #8E98AE

triadic

#8EA8AE #AE8EA8 #A8AE8E

tetradic

#8EA8AE #A48EAE #AE948E #98AE8E

square

#8EA8AE #A48EAE #AE948E #98AE8E

split-complementary

#8EA8AE #AE8E98 #AEA48E

monochromatic

#516B71 #6A8D94 #8EA8AE #B2C3C8 #D5DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#8EA8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#8EA8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA8AE

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA8AE	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 168, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.030 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc1c6',
    500: '#8ea8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea8ae;
$custom-light: #afc1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71375,
    "c": 0.03013,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA8AE

secondary

#D2C8C6

accent

#5A4B9B

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA8AE

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

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