#8AABC3#8AABC3

#8AABC3 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.050 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABC3
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 195)
HSL	hsl(205, 32%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 12.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -5.63, -15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 16.89, 250.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0252 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.05 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8915, 38.4678, 57.2058)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABC3 #C3A28A

analogous

#8AC3BE #8AABC3 #8A8FC3

triadic

#8AABC3 #C38AAB #ABC38A

tetradic

#8AABC3 #BE8AC3 #C3A28A #8FC38A

square

#8AABC3 #BE8AC3 #C3A28A #8FC38A

split-complementary

#8AABC3 #C38A8F #C3BE8A

monochromatic

#476F8B #628EAE #8AABC3 #B2C8D8 #DBE5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8AABC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#8AABC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABC3

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABC3	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AAC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A4C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.050 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc4d5',
    500: '#8aabc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabc3;
$custom-light: #adc4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72497,
    "c": 0.05034,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABC3

secondary

#DED3CB

accent

#6A3BAB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABC3

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

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