#8EA9C3#8EA9C3

#8EA9C3 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.048 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA9C3
RGB	rgb(142, 169, 195)
HSL	hsl(209, 31%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(209, 27%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 13.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -3.33, -16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 16.68, 258.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0185 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.048 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1908, 38.0656, 57.1124)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA9C3 #C3A88E

analogous

#8EC3C2 #8EA9C3 #8E8EC3

triadic

#8EA9C3 #C38EA9 #A9C38E

tetradic

#8EA9C3 #C28EC3 #C3A88E #8EC38E

square

#8EA9C3 #C28EC3 #C3A88E #8EC38E

split-complementary

#8EA9C3 #C38E8E #C3C28E

monochromatic

#4A6C8C #668BAE #8EA9C3 #B6C7D8 #DEE6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8EA9C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#8EA9C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA9C3

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA9C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA9C3	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA9C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FAFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea9c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 169, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.048 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c2d5',
    500: '#8ea9c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea9c3;
$custom-light: #b0c2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea9c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.434,
    "s": 30.636,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7233,
    "c": 0.04837,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA9C3

secondary

#DFD6CE

accent

#723CA9

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F7FA

border

#CFD0D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA9C3

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

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