#8EACB8#8EACB8

#8EACB8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.037 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EACB8
RGB	rgb(142, 172, 184)
HSL	hsl(197, 23%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 23%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 6.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -7.55, -9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 12.17, 231.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0268 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.037 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5571, 38.7153, 50.9901)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EACB8 #B89A8E

analogous

#8EB8AF #8EACB8 #8E97B8

triadic

#8EACB8 #B88EAC #ACB88E

tetradic

#8EACB8 #AF8EB8 #B89A8E #97B88E

square

#8EACB8 #AF8EB8 #B89A8E #97B88E

split-complementary

#8EACB8 #B88E97 #B8AF8E

monochromatic

#4F707D #6890A0 #8EACB8 #B4C8D0 #D9E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8EACB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#8EACB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EACB8

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EACB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EACB8	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eacb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 172, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.037 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc4cd',
    500: '#8eacb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eacb8;
$custom-light: #afc4cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eacb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 22.826,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72589,
    "c": 0.03728,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EACB8

secondary

#D8CECA

accent

#5F44A1

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EACB8

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

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