#8EA9B2#8EA9B2

#8EA9B2 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.033 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA9B2
RGB	rgb(142, 169, 178)
HSL	hsl(195, 19%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 20%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 5.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -7.29, -7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 10.63, 226.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.025 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.033 220)
XYZ	xyz(33.3770, 37.3400, 47.5596)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA9B2 #B2978E

analogous

#8EB2A9 #8EA9B2 #8E97B2

triadic

#8EA9B2 #B28EA9 #A9B28E

tetradic

#8EA9B2 #A98EB2 #B2978E #97B28E

square

#8EA9B2 #A98EB2 #B2978E #97B28E

split-complementary

#8EA9B2 #B28E97 #B2A98E

monochromatic

#506C76 #6A8D99 #8EA9B2 #B2C5CB #D7E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#8EA9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#8EA9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA9B2

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA9B2	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A7B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 169, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.033 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc2c9',
    500: '#8ea9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea9b2;
$custom-light: #afc2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 18.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71728,
    "c": 0.03262,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.37341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA9B2

secondary

#D4CBC7

accent

#5D489D

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA9B2

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

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