#8EA8BC#8EA8BC

#8EA8BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.041 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA8BC
RGB	rgb(142, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(206, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -4.45, -13.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 13.96, 251.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0197 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.041 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2325, 37.3857, 52.9797)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA8BC #BCA28E

analogous

#8EBCB9 #8EA8BC #8E91BC

triadic

#8EA8BC #BC8EA8 #A8BC8E

tetradic

#8EA8BC #B98EBC #BCA28E #91BC8E

square

#8EA8BC #B98EBC #BCA28E #91BC8E

split-complementary

#8EA8BC #BC8E91 #BCB98E

monochromatic

#4D6B82 #688AA5 #8EA8BC #B4C6D3 #DBE3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#8EA8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#8EA8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA8BC

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA8BC	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.041 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c1d0',
    500: '#8ea8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea8bc;
$custom-light: #b0c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.087,
    "s": 25.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71858,
    "c": 0.04108,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA8BC

secondary

#DBD2CB

accent

#6C41A4

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F5F7F9

border

#CFD0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA8BC

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

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