#8EB5BE#8EB5BE

#8EB5BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.044 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB5BE
RGB	rgb(142, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(191, 25%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -10.98, -8.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 14.11, 218.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0366 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.044 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9707, 42.5147, 54.9634)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB5BE #BE978E

analogous

#8EBEAF #8EB5BE #8E9DBE

triadic

#8EB5BE #BE8EB5 #B5BE8E

tetradic

#8EB5BE #AF8EBE #BE978E #9DBE8E

square

#8EB5BE #AF8EBE #BE978E #9DBE8E

split-complementary

#8EB5BE #BE8E9D #BEAF8E

monochromatic

#4D7A85 #679CA8 #8EB5BE #B5CED4 #DCE8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8EB5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#8EB5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB5BE

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB5BE	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FB9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.044 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cbd1',
    500: '#8eb5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb5be;
$custom-light: #b0cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 26.966,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74771,
    "c": 0.04384,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB5BE

secondary

#DCCFCC

accent

#5340A6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F5F8F9

border

#CFD1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB5BE

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

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