#8AABCE#8AABCE

#8AABCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.063 H 250.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABCE
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 206)
HSL	hsl(211, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(211, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 17%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -2.89, -21.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 21.62, 262.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0212 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.063 250.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1813, 38.9837, 63.9987)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABCE #CEAD8A

analogous

#8ACDCE #8AABCE #8B8ACE

triadic

#8AABCE #CE8AAB #ABCE8A

tetradic

#8AABCE #CE8ACD #CEAD8A #8ACE8B

square

#8AABCE #CE8ACD #CEAD8A #8ACE8B

split-complementary

#8AABCE #CE8B8A #CDCE8A

monochromatic

#416D9C #5F8CBC #8AABCE #B5CAE0 #E0E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8AABCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#8AABCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABCE

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABCE	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75B3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.063 250.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec3dd',
    500: '#8aabce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabce;
$custom-light: #aec3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.882,
    "s": 40.964,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72917,
    "c": 0.06268,
    "h": 250.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABCE

secondary

#E5DACF

accent

#7531B4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABCE

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

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