#8EA9CD#8EA9CD

#8EA9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.061 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA9CD
RGB	rgb(142, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(214, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(214, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -0.88, -21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 21.37, 267.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0149 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.061 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3595, 38.5330, 63.2676)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA9CD #CDB28E

analogous

#8EC8CD #8EA9CD #928ECD

triadic

#8EA9CD #CD8EA9 #A9CD8E

tetradic

#8EA9CD #CD8EC8 #CDB28E #8ECD92

square

#8EA9CD #CD8EC8 #CDB28E #8ECD92

split-complementary

#8EA9CD #CD928E #C8CD8E

monochromatic

#456A9C #6489BA #8EA9CD #B8C9E0 #E3EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8EA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#8EA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA9CD

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA9CD	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CB1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.061 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c2dc',
    500: '#8ea9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea9cd;
$custom-light: #b0c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72713,
    "c": 0.06057,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA9CD

secondary

#E5DDD2

accent

#7C34B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F7FB

border

#CFD0D4

text

#111215

muted

#808183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA9CD

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

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