#8EA9C8#8EA9C8

#8EA9C8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.054 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA9C8
RGB	rgb(142, 169, 200)
HSL	hsl(212, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(212, 29%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 15.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -2.12, -18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 18.98, 263.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0167 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.054 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7656, 38.2955, 60.1397)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA9C8 #C8AD8E

analogous

#8EC6C8 #8EA9C8 #908EC8

triadic

#8EA9C8 #C88EA9 #A9C88E

tetradic

#8EA9C8 #C88EC6 #C8AD8E #8EC890

square

#8EA9C8 #C88EC6 #C8AD8E #8EC890

split-complementary

#8EA9C8 #C8908E #C6C88E

monochromatic

#486B94 #658AB4 #8EA9C8 #B7C8DC #E0E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#8EA9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#8EA9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA9C8

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA9C8	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DB0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 169, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.054 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c2d8',
    500: '#8ea9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea9c8;
$custom-light: #b0c2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.069,
    "s": 34.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72519,
    "c": 0.05433,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA9C8

secondary

#E2DAD0

accent

#7738AD

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F7FA

border

#CFD0D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA9C8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →