#8AACBC#8AACBC

#8AACBC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.044 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACBC
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 188)
HSL	hsl(199, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 8.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -7.85, -11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 14.32, 236.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0292 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.044 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3082, 38.5378, 53.1981)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACBC #BC9A8A

analogous

#8ABCB3 #8AACBC #8A93BC

triadic

#8AACBC #BC8AAC #ACBC8A

tetradic

#8AACBC #B38ABC #BC9A8A #93BC8A

square

#8AACBC #B38ABC #BC9A8A #93BC8A

split-complementary

#8AACBC #BC8A93 #BCB38A

monochromatic

#4A7081 #6390A6 #8AACBC #B1C8D2 #D8E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8AACBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#8AACBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACBC

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACBC	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aacbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.044 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc4d0',
    500: '#8aacbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aacbc;
$custom-light: #adc4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aacbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72462,
    "c": 0.0438,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACBC

secondary

#DACEC8

accent

#6040A6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACBC

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

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