#8FA5AE#8FA5AE

#8FA5AE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.028 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8FA5AE
RGB	rgb(143, 165, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 5.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -5.69, -7.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 9.19, 231.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0199 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.028 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4208, 35.8050, 45.2391)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8FA5AE #AE988F

analogous

#8FAEA8 #8FA5AE #8F96AE

triadic

#8FA5AE #AE8FA5 #A5AE8F

tetradic

#8FA5AE #A88FAE #AE988F #96AE8F

square

#8FA5AE #A88FAE #AE988F #96AE8F

split-complementary

#8FA5AE #AE8F96 #AEA88F

monochromatic

#526871 #6B8894 #8FA5AE #B3C2C8 #D6DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8FA5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#8FA5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8FA5AE

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8FA5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8FA5AE	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8fa5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 165, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.028 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bfc6',
    500: '#8fa5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8fa5ae;
$custom-light: #b0bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8fa5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.419,
    "s": 16.062,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70788,
    "c": 0.02793,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8FA5AE

secondary

#D2CAC7

accent

#624B9A

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8FA5AE

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

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