#8AABC8#8AABC8

#8AABC8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.056 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABC8
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(208, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -4.39, -18.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 18.95, 256.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0234 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.056 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4663, 38.6977, 60.2331)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABC8 #C8A78A

analogous

#8AC8C6 #8AABC8 #8A8CC8

triadic

#8AABC8 #C88AAB #ABC88A

tetradic

#8AABC8 #C68AC8 #C8A78A #8CC88A

square

#8AABC8 #C68AC8 #C8A78A #8CC88A

split-complementary

#8AABC8 #C88A8C #C8C68A

monochromatic

#456E93 #608DB4 #8AABC8 #B4C9DC #DDE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8AABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#8AABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABC8

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABC8	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FABC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.056 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc4d8',
    500: '#8aabc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabc8;
$custom-light: #adc4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.065,
    "s": 36.047,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72685,
    "c": 0.05571,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABC8

secondary

#E1D6CD

accent

#6F37AF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABC8

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

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