#8EA9BC#8EA9BC

#8EA9BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.041 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA9BC
RGB	rgb(142, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(205, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -5.00, -12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 13.76, 248.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0211 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.041 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4178, 37.7564, 53.0415)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA9BC #BCA18E

analogous

#8EBCB8 #8EA9BC #8E92BC

triadic

#8EA9BC #BC8EA9 #A9BC8E

tetradic

#8EA9BC #B88EBC #BCA18E #92BC8E

square

#8EA9BC #B88EBC #BCA18E #92BC8E

split-complementary

#8EA9BC #BC8E92 #BCB88E

monochromatic

#4D6C82 #688CA5 #8EA9BC #B4C6D3 #DBE3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8EA9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#8EA9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA9BC

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA9BC	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.041 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c2d0',
    500: '#8ea9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea9bc;
$custom-light: #b0c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.783,
    "s": 25.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72075,
    "c": 0.04079,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA9BC

secondary

#DBD2CB

accent

#6A41A4

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F5F7F9

border

#CFD0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA9BC

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

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