#8AACBE#8AACBE

#8AACBE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.045 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACBE
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 190)
HSL	hsl(201, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -7.38, -12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 14.94, 240.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0284 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.045 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5252, 38.6246, 54.3414)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACBE #BE9C8A

analogous

#8ABEB6 #8AACBE #8A92BE

triadic

#8AACBE #BE8AAC #ACBE8A

tetradic

#8AACBE #B68ABE #BE9C8A #92BE8A

square

#8AACBE #B68ABE #BE9C8A #92BE8A

split-complementary

#8AACBE #BE8A92 #BEB68A

monochromatic

#497084 #6390A8 #8AACBE #B1C8D4 #D9E4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8AACBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#8AACBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACBE

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACBE	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AB1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aacbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.045 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc4d1',
    500: '#8aacbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aacbe;
$custom-light: #adc4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aacbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.769,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72533,
    "c": 0.04544,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACBE

secondary

#DBCFC9

accent

#633EA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACBE

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

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