#8AABB9#8AABB9

#8AABB9 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.041 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABB9
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 185)
HSL	hsl(198, 25%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 7.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -8.02, -10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 13.51, 233.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.029 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.041 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7985, 38.0306, 51.4494)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABB9 #B9988A

analogous

#8AB9AF #8AABB9 #8A93B9

triadic

#8AABB9 #B98AAB #ABB98A

tetradic

#8AABB9 #AF8AB9 #B9988A #93B98A

square

#8AABB9 #AF8AB9 #B9988A #93B98A

split-complementary

#8AABB9 #B98A93 #B9AF8A

monochromatic

#4B6E7E #6490A2 #8AABB9 #B0C6D0 #D7E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8AABB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#8AABB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABB9

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABB9	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A9BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CAFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.041 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc4ce',
    500: '#8aabb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabb9;
$custom-light: #adc4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.872,
    "s": 25.134,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72137,
    "c": 0.04145,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABB9

secondary

#D8CCC7

accent

#5F42A4

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABB9

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

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