#8EAEB5#8EAEB5

#8EAEB5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.036 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAEB5
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 181)
HSL	hsl(191, 21%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 22%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 3.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -9.31, -7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 11.76, 217.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0307 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.036 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6295, 39.3579, 49.4794)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAEB5 #B5958E

analogous

#8EB5A8 #8EAEB5 #8E9AB5

triadic

#8EAEB5 #B58EAE #AEB58E

tetradic

#8EAEB5 #A88EB5 #B5958E #9AB58E

square

#8EAEB5 #A88EB5 #B5958E #9AB58E

split-complementary

#8EAEB5 #B58E9A #B5A88E

monochromatic

#4F7279 #69939D #8EAEB5 #B3C9CD #D8E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#8EAEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#8EAEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAEB5

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAEB5	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ABB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82B1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eaeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.036 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc6cb',
    500: '#8eaeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eaeb5;
$custom-light: #afc6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eaeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.769,
    "s": 20.856,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72927,
    "c": 0.0364,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAEB5

secondary

#D6CBC8

accent

#56469F

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F8

border

#CED1D1

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAEB5

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

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