#8AACBF#8AACBF

#8AACBF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.046 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACBF
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 191)
HSL	hsl(202, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(202, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 9.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -7.14, -13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 15.27, 242.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.028 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.046 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6349, 38.6685, 54.9190)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACBF #BF9D8A

analogous

#8ABFB8 #8AACBF #8A92BF

triadic

#8AACBF #BF8AAC #ACBF8A

tetradic

#8AACBF #B88ABF #BF9D8A #92BF8A

square

#8AACBF #B88ABF #BF9D8A #92BF8A

split-complementary

#8AACBF #BF8A92 #BFB88A

monochromatic

#497086 #6290A9 #8AACBF #B2C8D5 #D9E4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8AACBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#8AACBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACBF

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACBF	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#A3ABC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AB1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aacbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.046 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc4d2',
    500: '#8aacbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aacbf;
$custom-light: #adc4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aacbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.509,
    "s": 29.282,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72569,
    "c": 0.0463,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACBF

secondary

#DCD0C9

accent

#643EA8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACBF

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

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