#8AABD2#8AABD2

#8AABD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.068 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AABD2
RGB	rgb(138, 171, 210)
HSL	hsl(213, 44%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(213, 34%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 18.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -1.86, -23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 23.49, 265.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0198 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.068 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6734, 39.1805, 66.5905)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AABD2 #D2B18A

analogous

#8ACFD2 #8AABD2 #8D8AD2

triadic

#8AABD2 #D28AAB #ABD28A

tetradic

#8AABD2 #D28ACF #D2B18A #8AD28D

square

#8AABD2 #D28ACF #D2B18A #8AD28D

split-complementary

#8AABD2 #D28D8A #CFD28A

monochromatic

#3F6DA3 #5E8BC1 #8AABD2 #B6CBE3 #E2EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8AABD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#8AABD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AABD2

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AABD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AABD2	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DACD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73B4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aabd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 171, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.068 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec3e0',
    500: '#8aabd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aabd2;
$custom-light: #aec3e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aabd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.5,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73076,
    "c": 0.06754,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AABD2

secondary

#E7DDD1

accent

#782EB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AABD2

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

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