#8AACC2#8AACC2

#8AACC2 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.049 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACC2
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 194)
HSL	hsl(204, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 11.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -6.41, -15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 16.32, 246.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0269 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.049 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9684, 38.8019, 56.6755)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACC2 #C2A08A

analogous

#8AC2BC #8AACC2 #8A90C2

triadic

#8AACC2 #C28AAC #ACC28A

tetradic

#8AACC2 #BC8AC2 #C2A08A #90C28A

square

#8AACC2 #BC8AC2 #C2A08A #90C28A

split-complementary

#8AACC2 #C28A90 #C2BC8A

monochromatic

#48708A #628FAD #8AACC2 #B2C9D7 #DAE5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8AACC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#8AACC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACC2

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACC2	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ABC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA5C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aacc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.049 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc4d4',
    500: '#8aacc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aacc2;
$custom-light: #adc4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aacc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.571,
    "s": 31.461,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72678,
    "c": 0.04906,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACC2

secondary

#DDD2CA

accent

#673BAA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACC2

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

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