#8AACBB#8AACBB

#8AACBB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.043 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACBB
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 187)
HSL	hsl(198, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -8.09, -11.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 14.04, 234.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0296 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.043 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2007, 38.4948, 52.6323)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACBB #BB998A

analogous

#8ABBB1 #8AACBB #8A93BB

triadic

#8AACBB #BB8AAC #ACBB8A

tetradic

#8AACBB #B18ABB #BB998A #93BB8A

square

#8AACBB #B18ABB #BB998A #93BB8A

split-complementary

#8AACBB #BB8A93 #BBB18A

monochromatic

#4A7080 #6391A5 #8AACBB #B1C7D1 #D7E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8AACBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#8AACBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACBB

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACBB	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aacbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.043 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc4cf',
    500: '#8aacbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aacbb;
$custom-light: #adc4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aacbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.367,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72427,
    "c": 0.04304,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACBB

secondary

#D9CDC8

accent

#5F40A5

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACBB

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

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