#8AAABC#8AAABC

#8AAABC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.044 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AAABC
RGB	rgb(138, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(202, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -6.77, -12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 14.49, 242.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0265 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.044 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9304, 37.7822, 53.0721)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AAABC #BC9C8A

analogous

#8ABCB5 #8AAABC #8A91BC

triadic

#8AAABC #BC8AAA #AABC8A

tetradic

#8AAABC #B58ABC #BC9C8A #91BC8A

square

#8AAABC #B58ABC #BC9C8A #91BC8A

split-complementary

#8AAABC #BC8A91 #BCB58A

monochromatic

#4A6E81 #638EA6 #8AAABC #B1C6D2 #D8E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8AAABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#8AAABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AAABC

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AAABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AAABC	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BAFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aaabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.044 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc3d0',
    500: '#8aaabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aaabc;
$custom-light: #adc3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aaabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.6,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72023,
    "c": 0.04385,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AAABC

secondary

#DACEC8

accent

#6440A6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AAABC

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

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