#8EAEC6#8EAEC6

#8EAEC6 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.049 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAEC6
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 198)
HSL	hsl(206, 33%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(206, 28%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 12.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -5.34, -15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 16.66, 251.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0242 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.049 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4814, 40.0986, 59.2328)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAEC6 #C6A68E

analogous

#8EC6C2 #8EAEC6 #8E92C6

triadic

#8EAEC6 #C68EAE #AEC68E

tetradic

#8EAEC6 #C28EC6 #C6A68E #92C68E

square

#8EAEC6 #C28EC6 #C6A68E #92C68E

split-complementary

#8EAEC6 #C68E92 #C6C28E

monochromatic

#497291 #6591B1 #8EAEC6 #B7CBDB #DFE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8EAEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#8EAEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAEC6

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAEC6	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ADC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DB4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eaec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.049 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c6d7',
    500: '#8eaec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eaec6;
$custom-light: #b0c6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eaec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 32.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73522,
    "c": 0.04945,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAEC6

secondary

#E1D7CF

accent

#6B3AAC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FA

border

#CFD1D3

text

#101314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAEC6

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

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