#8AABC6#8AABC6

#8AABC6 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.053 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABC6
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 198)
HSL	hsl(207, 34%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(207, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 13.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -4.89, -17.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 18.11, 254.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0241 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.054 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2341, 38.6048, 59.0101)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABC6 #C6A58A

analogous

#8AC6C3 #8AABC6 #8A8DC6

triadic

#8AABC6 #C68AAB #ABC68A

tetradic

#8AABC6 #C38AC6 #C6A58A #8DC68A

square

#8AABC6 #C38AC6 #C6A58A #8DC68A

split-complementary

#8AABC6 #C68A8D #C6C38A

monochromatic

#466E90 #618DB2 #8AABC6 #B3C9DA #DCE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8AABC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#8AABC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABC6

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABC6	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ABC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A4C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.053 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc4d7',
    500: '#8aabc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabc6;
$custom-light: #adc4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207,
    "s": 34.483,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72609,
    "c": 0.0535,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABC6

secondary

#E0D5CC

accent

#6D38AD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABC6

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

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