#8EA9C6#8EA9C6

#8EA9C6 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.052 H 250.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA9C6
RGB	rgb(142, 169, 198)
HSL	hsl(211, 33%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(211, 28%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 14.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -2.61, -17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 18.04, 261.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0174 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.052 250.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5334, 38.2026, 58.9167)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA9C6 #C6AB8E

analogous

#8EC5C6 #8EA9C6 #8F8EC6

triadic

#8EA9C6 #C68EA9 #A9C68E

tetradic

#8EA9C6 #C68EC5 #C6AB8E #8EC68F

square

#8EA9C6 #C68EC5 #C6AB8E #8EC68F

split-complementary

#8EA9C6 #C68F8E #C5C68E

monochromatic

#496C91 #658AB1 #8EA9C6 #B7C8DB #DFE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#8EA9C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#8EA9C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA9C6

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA9C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA9C6	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA9C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A4C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EB0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea9c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 169, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.052 250.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c2d7',
    500: '#8ea9c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea9c6;
$custom-light: #b0c2d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea9c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.071,
    "s": 32.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72443,
    "c": 0.0519,
    "h": 250.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA9C6

secondary

#E1D8CF

accent

#753AAC

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F7FA

border

#CFD0D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA9C6

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

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