#8AACC7#8AACC7

#8AACC7 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.054 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACC7
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 199)
HSL	hsl(207, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(207, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 13.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -5.19, -17.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 18.27, 253.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0251 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.054 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5394, 39.0303, 59.6828)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACC7 #C7A58A

analogous

#8AC7C3 #8AACC7 #8A8DC7

triadic

#8AACC7 #C78AAC #ACC78A

tetradic

#8AACC7 #C38AC7 #C7A58A #8DC78A

square

#8AACC7 #C38AC7 #C7A58A #8DC78A

split-complementary

#8AACC7 #C78A8D #C7C38A

monochromatic

#457091 #618FB3 #8AACC7 #B3C9DB #DDE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8AACC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#8AACC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACC7

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACC7	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aacc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.054 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc4d8',
    500: '#8aacc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aacc7;
$custom-light: #adc4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aacc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.557,
    "s": 35.26,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72864,
    "c": 0.05416,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACC7

secondary

#E0D5CC

accent

#6C37AE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACC7

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

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