#8AACBD#8AACBD

#8AACBD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.045 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACBD
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 189)
HSL	hsl(200, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(200, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -7.62, -12.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 14.62, 238.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0288 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.045 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4163, 38.5811, 53.7678)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACBD #BD9B8A

analogous

#8ABDB5 #8AACBD #8A93BD

triadic

#8AACBD #BD8AAC #ACBD8A

tetradic

#8AACBD #B58ABD #BD9B8A #93BD8A

square

#8AACBD #B58ABD #BD9B8A #93BD8A

split-complementary

#8AACBD #BD8A93 #BDB58A

monochromatic

#4A7083 #6390A7 #8AACBD #B1C8D3 #D8E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8AACBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#8AACBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACBD

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACBD	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aacbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.045 229.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aacbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72498,
    "c": 0.0446,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACBD

secondary

#DACEC9

accent

#623FA6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACBD

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

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