#8AABC7#8AABC7

#8AABC7 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.055 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABC7
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 199)
HSL	hsl(208, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 14.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -4.64, -17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 18.53, 255.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0237 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.055 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3498, 38.6511, 59.6196)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABC7 #C7A68A

analogous

#8AC7C4 #8AABC7 #8A8CC7

triadic

#8AABC7 #C78AAB #ABC78A

tetradic

#8AABC7 #C48AC7 #C7A68A #8CC78A

square

#8AABC7 #C48AC7 #C7A68A #8CC78A

split-complementary

#8AABC7 #C78A8C #C7C48A

monochromatic

#456E91 #618DB3 #8AABC7 #B3C9DB #DDE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8AABC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#8AABC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABC7

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABC7	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ABC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A4C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.055 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc4d8',
    500: '#8aabc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabc7;
$custom-light: #adc4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.541,
    "s": 35.26,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72647,
    "c": 0.0546,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABC7

secondary

#E0D6CC

accent

#6E37AE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABC7

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

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