#8AACBA#8AACBA

#8AACBA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.042 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACBA
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 186)
HSL	hsl(198, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 7.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -8.33, -10.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 13.77, 232.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.03 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.042 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0941, 38.4521, 52.0705)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACBA #BA988A

analogous

#8ABAB0 #8AACBA #8A94BA

triadic

#8AACBA #BA8AAC #ACBA8A

tetradic

#8AACBA #B08ABA #BA988A #94BA8A

square

#8AACBA #B08ABA #BA988A #94BA8A

split-complementary

#8AACBA #BA8A94 #BAB08A

monochromatic

#4B707F #6491A3 #8AACBA #B0C7D1 #D7E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8AACBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#8AACBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACBA

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACBA	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aacba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.042 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc4ce',
    500: '#8aacba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aacba;
$custom-light: #adc4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aacba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 25.806,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72392,
    "c": 0.04231,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACBA

secondary

#D8CCC7

accent

#5E41A4

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACBA

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

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