#8EAEAA#8EAEAA

#8EAEAA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.035 H 187.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAEAA
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 170)
HSL	hsl(173, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(173, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -11.72, -1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 11.83, 187.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0352 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.035 187.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5451, 38.9241, 43.7681)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAEAA #AE8E92

analogous

#8EAE9A #8EAEAA #8EA2AE

triadic

#8EAEAA #AA8EAE #AEAA8E

tetradic

#8EAEAA #9A8EAE #AE8E92 #A2AE8E

square

#8EAEAA #9A8EAE #AE8E92 #A2AE8E

split-complementary

#8EAEAA #AE8EA2 #AE9A8E

monochromatic

#51716D #6A948F #8EAEAA #B2C8C5 #D5E1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8EAEAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#8EAEAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAEAA

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAEAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAEAA	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eaeaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.035 187.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc6c3',
    500: '#8eaeaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eaeaa;
$custom-light: #afc6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eaeaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72575,
    "c": 0.03547,
    "h": 187.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAEAA

secondary

#D2C6C7

accent

#4B559B

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F8F7

border

#CED1D0

text

#101312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAEAA

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

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