#8AABC5#8AABC5

#8AABC5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.052 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABC5
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 197)
HSL	hsl(206, 34%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(206, 30%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -5.14, -16.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 17.69, 253.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0245 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.052 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1192, 38.5588, 58.4047)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABC5 #C5A48A

analogous

#8AC5C1 #8AABC5 #8A8DC5

triadic

#8AABC5 #C58AAB #ABC58A

tetradic

#8AABC5 #C18AC5 #C5A48A #8DC58A

square

#8AABC5 #C18AC5 #C5A48A #8DC58A

split-complementary

#8AABC5 #C58A8D #C5C18A

monochromatic

#466F8E #618EB1 #8AABC5 #B3C8D9 #DCE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8AABC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#8AABC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABC5

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABC5	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ABC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A4C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.052 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc4d6',
    500: '#8aabc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabc5;
$custom-light: #adc4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.441,
    "s": 33.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72571,
    "c": 0.05243,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABC5

secondary

#DFD4CC

accent

#6C39AD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABC5

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

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