#8AACC0#8AACC0

#8AACC0 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.047 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACC0
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 192)
HSL	hsl(202, 30%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(202, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 10.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -6.90, -14.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 15.61, 243.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0277 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.047 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7453, 38.7127, 55.5005)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACC0 #C09E8A

analogous

#8AC0B9 #8AACC0 #8A91C0

triadic

#8AACC0 #C08AAC #ACC08A

tetradic

#8AACC0 #B98AC0 #C09E8A #91C08A

square

#8AACC0 #B98AC0 #C09E8A #91C08A

split-complementary

#8AACC0 #C08A91 #C0B98A

monochromatic

#497087 #6290AB #8AACC0 #B2C8D5 #DAE4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8AACC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#8AACC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACC0

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACC0	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ABC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AB1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aacc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.047 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc4d3',
    500: '#8aacc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aacc0;
$custom-light: #adc4d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aacc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.222,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72605,
    "c": 0.04719,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACC0

secondary

#DCD0CA

accent

#653DA9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACC0

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

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