#8EAEC5#8EAEC5

#8EAEC5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.048 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAEC5
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 197)
HSL	hsl(205, 32%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(205, 28%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 11.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -5.58, -15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 16.27, 249.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0245 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.048 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3664, 40.0527, 58.6273)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAEC5 #C5A58E

analogous

#8EC5C1 #8EAEC5 #8E93C5

triadic

#8EAEC5 #C58EAE #AEC58E

tetradic

#8EAEC5 #C18EC5 #C5A58E #93C58E

square

#8EAEC5 #C18EC5 #C5A58E #93C58E

split-complementary

#8EAEC5 #C58E93 #C5C18E

monochromatic

#49728F #6691B0 #8EAEC5 #B6CBDA #DFE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8EAEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#8EAEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAEC5

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAEC5	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ADC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EB4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eaec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.048 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c6d6',
    500: '#8eaec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eaec5;
$custom-light: #b0c6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eaec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.091,
    "s": 32.164,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73485,
    "c": 0.04843,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAEC5

secondary

#E0D6CE

accent

#6A3BAB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FA

border

#CFD1D3

text

#101314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAEC5

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

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