#8EAEB9#8EAEB9

#8EAEB9 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.038 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAEB9
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 185)
HSL	hsl(195, 23%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 23%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 5.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -8.40, -9.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 12.48, 227.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0291 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.038 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0458, 39.5244, 51.6720)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAEB9 #B9998E

analogous

#8EB9AF #8EAEB9 #8E99B9

triadic

#8EAEB9 #B98EAE #AEB98E

tetradic

#8EAEB9 #AF8EB9 #B9998E #99B98E

square

#8EAEB9 #AF8EB9 #B9998E #99B98E

split-complementary

#8EAEB9 #B98E99 #B9AF8E

monochromatic

#4E727E #6893A2 #8EAEB9 #B4C9D0 #DAE4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8EAEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#8EAEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAEB9

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAEB9	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81B2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eaeb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.038 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c6ce',
    500: '#8eaeb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eaeb9;
$custom-light: #b0c6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eaeb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.349,
    "s": 23.497,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73062,
    "c": 0.03843,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAEB9

secondary

#D9CECA

accent

#5C44A2

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F5F8F9

border

#CFD1D2

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAEB9

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

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