#8AABC4#8AABC4

#8AABC4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.051 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABC4
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 196)
HSL	hsl(206, 33%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 30%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -5.38, -16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 17.29, 251.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0248 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.051 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0050, 38.5131, 57.8032)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABC4 #C4A38A

analogous

#8AC4C0 #8AABC4 #8A8EC4

triadic

#8AABC4 #C48AAB #ABC48A

tetradic

#8AABC4 #C08AC4 #C4A38A #8EC48A

square

#8AABC4 #C08AC4 #C4A38A #8EC48A

split-complementary

#8AABC4 #C48A8E #C4C08A

monochromatic

#476F8D #618EAF #8AABC4 #B3C8D9 #DBE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8AABC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#8AABC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABC4

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABC4	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AAC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A4C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.051 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc4d5',
    500: '#8aabc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabc4;
$custom-light: #adc4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.862,
    "s": 32.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72534,
    "c": 0.05137,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABC4

secondary

#DFD4CB

accent

#6B3AAC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABC4

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

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