#8AABCC#8AABCC

#8AABCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.060 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABCC
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 204)
HSL	hsl(210, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(210, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 16.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -3.39, -20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 20.71, 260.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0219 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.06 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9399, 38.8871, 62.7273)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABCC #CCAB8A

analogous

#8ACCCC #8AABCC #8A8ACC

triadic

#8AABCC #CC8AAB #ABCC8A

tetradic

#8AABCC #CC8ACC #CCAB8A #8ACC8A

square

#8AABCC #CC8ACC #CCAB8A #8ACC8A

split-complementary

#8AABCC #CC8A8A #CCCC8A

monochromatic

#436E99 #5F8CB9 #8AABCC #B5CADF #DFE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8AABCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#8AABCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABCC

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABCC	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76B3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.060 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec3db',
    500: '#8aabcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabcc;
$custom-light: #aec3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72839,
    "c": 0.0603,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABCC

secondary

#E3D9CE

accent

#7333B2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABCC

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

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