#8AABBD#8AABBD

#8AABBD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.045 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8AABBD
RGBrgb(138, 171, 189)
HSLhsl(201, 28%, 64%)
HSVhsv(201, 27%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(27%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(68.17, -7.07, -12.90)
CIE-LCHlch(68.17, 14.71, 241.26°)
OKLaboklab(72.28% -0.0275 -0.0352)
OKLCHoklch(72.28% 0.045 232)
XYZxyz(34.2267, 38.2019, 53.7046)
Luminance0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8AABBD #BD9C8A
analogous
#8ABDB6 #8AABBD #8A92BD
triadic
#8AABBD #BD8AAB #ABBD8A
tetradic
#8AABBD #B68ABD #BD9C8A #92BD8A
square
#8AABBD #B68ABD #BD9C8A #92BD8A
split-complementary
#8AABBD #BD8A92 #BDB68A
monochromatic
#4A6F83 #638FA7 #8AABBD #B1C7D3 #D8E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43
#8AABBD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64
#8AABBD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABBD
8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8AABBD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##8AABBD1.002.438.648.64
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6421.001.001.00
##0000008.6421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A2AABE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9BA4BD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7BB0B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8aabbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.045 232.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc4d0',
    500: '#8aabbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8aabbd;
$custom-light: #adc4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8aabbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72278,
    "c": 0.04464,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.38203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8AABBD
secondary
#DACFC9
accent
#643FA6
background
#FAFCFC
surface
#F4F8F9
border
#CED1D2
text
#101214
muted
#7F8182

Preview Lab

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#8AABBD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva