#8EA9BD#8EA9BD

#8EA9BD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.042 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA9BD
RGB	rgb(142, 169, 189)
HSL	hsl(206, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -4.76, -13.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 14.15, 250.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0207 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.042 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5260, 37.7996, 53.6112)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA9BD #BDA28E

analogous

#8EBDBA #8EA9BD #8E92BD

triadic

#8EA9BD #BD8EA9 #A9BD8E

tetradic

#8EA9BD #BA8EBD #BDA28E #92BD8E

square

#8EA9BD #BA8EBD #BDA28E #92BD8E

split-complementary

#8EA9BD #BD8E92 #BDBA8E

monochromatic

#4D6C84 #678CA6 #8EA9BD #B5C6D4 #DBE4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8EA9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#8EA9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA9BD

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA9BD	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 169, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.042 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c2d0',
    500: '#8ea9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea9bd;
$custom-light: #b0c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.532,
    "s": 26.257,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7211,
    "c": 0.04181,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA9BD

secondary

#DBD2CB

accent

#6B41A5

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F5F7F9

border

#CFD0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA9BD

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

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