#8EA9BB#8EA9BB

#8EA9BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.040 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA9BB
RGB	rgb(142, 169, 187)
HSL	hsl(204, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -5.23, -12.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 13.37, 246.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.0215 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.04 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3104, 37.7134, 52.4757)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA9BB #BBA08E

analogous

#8EBBB7 #8EA9BB #8E93BB

triadic

#8EA9BB #BB8EA9 #A9BB8E

tetradic

#8EA9BB #B78EBB #BBA08E #93BB8E

square

#8EA9BB #B78EBB #BBA08E #93BB8E

split-complementary

#8EA9BB #BB8E93 #BBB78E

monochromatic

#4E6C81 #688CA4 #8EA9BB #B4C6D2 #DAE3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8EA9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#8EA9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA9BB

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA9BB	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 169, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.040 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c2cf',
    500: '#8ea9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea9bb;
$custom-light: #b0c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 24.862,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72039,
    "c": 0.03981,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA9BB

secondary

#DAD1CB

accent

#6942A3

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA9BB

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

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