#8AABC2#8AABC2

#8AABC2 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.049 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABC2
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 194)
HSL	hsl(205, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 11.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -5.87, -15.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 16.50, 249.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0256 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.049 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7788, 38.4227, 56.6123)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABC2 #C2A18A

analogous

#8AC2BD #8AABC2 #8A8FC2

triadic

#8AABC2 #C28AAB #ABC28A

tetradic

#8AABC2 #BD8AC2 #C2A18A #8FC28A

square

#8AABC2 #BD8AC2 #C2A18A #8FC28A

split-complementary

#8AABC2 #C28A8F #C2BD8A

monochromatic

#486F8A #628EAD #8AABC2 #B2C8D7 #DAE5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8AABC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#8AABC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABC2

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABC2	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AAC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.049 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc4d4',
    500: '#8aabc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabc2;
$custom-light: #adc4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.643,
    "s": 31.461,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7246,
    "c": 0.04933,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABC2

secondary

#DDD2CA

accent

#693BAA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABC2

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

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