Information about #8EA6AD color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #8EA6AD reads as a gently muted cyan and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Cadet Grey (#91A3B0). Slightly further away sit El Nino (#92A0AC) and Bluey Grey (#89A0B0).
In RGB terms — rgb(142, 166, 173) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 8.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.6:1. #8EA6AD has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#8EA6AD color variations
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#8EA6AD color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#8EA6AD color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#8EA6AD color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#8EA6AD color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#8EA6AD color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #8EA6AD color
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Nearest named colors to #8EA6AD
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#91A3B0
#92A0AC
#89A0B0
#8BA9A5
#92ACB4
#8BA8B7
#85A3B2
#93A2B7
#86ABA5
#8AAEA4
#8EA5A0
#81A6AA
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#8EA6AD
- RGB142, 166, 173
- CMYK12, 3, 0, 32
- CSSrgb(142, 166, 173)
- HSL194°, 16%, 62%
- HSL Precise193.548°, 15.897%, 61.765%
- HSV194°, 18%, 68%
- HSB194°, 18%, 68%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.557
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.651
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.678
- GLSLvec3(0.557, 0.651, 0.678)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.557, 0.651, 0.678, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.557, 0.651, 0.678)
- Percentage of Red in RGB55.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB65.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB67.8%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID8EA6AD
- DECIMAL ID9348781
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers18 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
