#8EAEAD#8EAEAD

#8EAEAD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.035 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAEAD
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(178, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(178, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -11.08, -3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 11.51, 195.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.034 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.035 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8321, 39.0389, 45.2798)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAEAD #AE8E8F

analogous

#8EAE9D #8EAEAD #8E9FAE

triadic

#8EAEAD #AD8EAE #AEAD8E

tetradic

#8EAEAD #9D8EAE #AE8E8F #9FAE8E

square

#8EAEAD #9D8EAE #AE8E8F #9FAE8E

split-complementary

#8EAEAD #AE8E9F #AE9D8E

monochromatic

#517170 #6A9493 #8EAEAD #B2C8C7 #D5E1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8EAEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#8EAEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAEAD

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAEAD	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eaead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.035 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc6c5',
    500: '#8eaead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eaead;
$custom-light: #afc6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eaead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.125,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72668,
    "c": 0.03501,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAEAD

secondary

#D2C6C6

accent

#4B4D9B

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F8

border

#CED1D1

text

#101312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAEAD

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

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