#8AABCD#8AABCD

#8AABCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.061 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABCD
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(210, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(210, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -3.14, -20.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 21.17, 261.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0216 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.061 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0602, 38.9353, 63.3610)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABCD #CDAC8A

analogous

#8ACDCD #8AABCD #8B8ACD

triadic

#8AABCD #CD8AAB #ABCD8A

tetradic

#8AABCD #CD8ACD #CDAC8A #8ACD8B

square

#8AABCD #CD8ACD #CDAC8A #8ACD8B

split-complementary

#8AABCD #CD8B8A #CDCD8A

monochromatic

#426E9B #5F8CBB #8AABCD #B5CADF #E0E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8AABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#8AABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABCD

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABCD	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75B3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.061 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec3dc',
    500: '#8aabcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabcd;
$custom-light: #aec3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.448,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72878,
    "c": 0.06149,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABCD

secondary

#E4DACF

accent

#7432B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABCD

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

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