#8AA8B2#8AA8B2

#8AA8B2 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.036 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AA8B2
RGB	rgb(138, 168, 178)
HSL	hsl(195, 21%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 5.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -8.03, -8.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 11.73, 226.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0277 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.036 220)
XYZ	xyz(32.5175, 36.6218, 47.4663)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AA8B2 #B2948A

analogous

#8AB2A8 #8AA8B2 #8A94B2

triadic

#8AA8B2 #B28AA8 #A8B28A

tetradic

#8AA8B2 #A88AB2 #B2948A #94B28A

square

#8AA8B2 #A88AB2 #B2948A #94B28A

split-complementary

#8AA8B2 #B28A94 #B2A88A

monochromatic

#4D6B75 #658D9A #8AA8B2 #AFC3CA #D4DFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#8AA8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#8AA8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AA8B2

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AA8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AA8B2	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A6B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aa8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 168, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.036 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc1c9',
    500: '#8aa8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aa8b2;
$custom-light: #adc1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aa8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 20.619,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71234,
    "c": 0.03613,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.36623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AA8B2

secondary

#D3C8C5

accent

#5D479F

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AA8B2

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

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