#8EA9CC#8EA9CC

#8EA9CC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.059 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA9CC
RGB	rgb(142, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(214, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(214, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -1.13, -20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 20.89, 266.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0153 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.059 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2392, 38.4849, 62.6339)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA9CC #CCB18E

analogous

#8EC8CC #8EA9CC #928ECC

triadic

#8EA9CC #CC8EA9 #A9CC8E

tetradic

#8EA9CC #CC8EC8 #CCB18E #8ECC92

square

#8EA9CC #CC8EC8 #CCB18E #8ECC92

split-complementary

#8EA9CC #CC928E #C8CC8E

monochromatic

#466A9A #6489B9 #8EA9CC #B8C9DF #E2E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8EA9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#8EA9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA9CC

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA9CC	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CB1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.059 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c2db',
    500: '#8ea9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea9cc;
$custom-light: #b0c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.871,
    "s": 37.805,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72674,
    "c": 0.0593,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA9CC

secondary

#E4DCD1

accent

#7B35B1

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F7FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA9CC

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

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