#8AABB5#8AABB5

#8AABB5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.039 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABB5
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 181)
HSL	hsl(194, 23%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 24%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 5.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -8.95, -8.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 12.58, 224.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0306 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.039 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3822, 37.8640, 49.2567)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABB5 #B5948A

analogous

#8AB5A9 #8AABB5 #8A96B5

triadic

#8AABB5 #B58AAB #ABB58A

tetradic

#8AABB5 #A98AB5 #B5948A #96B58A

square

#8AABB5 #A98AB5 #B5948A #96B58A

split-complementary

#8AABB5 #B58A96 #B5A98A

monochromatic

#4C6E78 #65909D #8AABB5 #AFC6CD #D5E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8AABB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#8AABB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABB5

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABB5	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A9B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DAFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.039 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc4cb',
    500: '#8aabb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabb5;
$custom-light: #adc4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.953,
    "s": 22.513,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71999,
    "c": 0.03891,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABB5

secondary

#D5C9C6

accent

#5A45A1

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F8

border

#CED1D1

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABB5

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

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