#8EA8B9#8EA8B9

#8EA8B9 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.038 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA8B9
RGB	rgb(142, 168, 185)
HSL	hsl(204, 23%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(204, 23%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -5.15, -11.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 12.79, 246.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0209 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.038 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9125, 37.2577, 51.2942)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA8B9 #B99F8E

analogous

#8EB9B5 #8EA8B9 #8E93B9

triadic

#8EA8B9 #B98EA8 #A8B98E

tetradic

#8EA8B9 #B58EB9 #B99F8E #93B98E

square

#8EA8B9 #B58EB9 #B99F8E #93B98E

split-complementary

#8EA8B9 #B98E93 #B9B58E

monochromatic

#4E6B7E #688BA2 #8EA8B9 #B4C5D0 #DAE2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#8EA8B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#8EA8B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA8B9

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA8B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA8B9	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A7BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA2B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea8b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 168, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.038 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc1ce',
    500: '#8ea8b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea8b9;
$custom-light: #afc1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea8b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.721,
    "s": 23.497,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71751,
    "c": 0.03808,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA8B9

secondary

#D9D0CA

accent

#6944A2

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA8B9

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

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