#8AACCE#8AACCE

#8AACCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.062 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AACCE
RGB	rgb(138, 172, 206)
HSL	hsl(210, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(210, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 16.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -3.44, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 21.29, 260.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0225 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.062 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3709, 39.3629, 64.0619)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AACCE #CEAC8A

analogous

#8ACECE #8AACCE #8A8ACE

triadic

#8AACCE #CE8AAC #ACCE8A

tetradic

#8AACCE #CE8ACE #CEAC8A #8ACE8A

square

#8AACCE #CE8ACE #CEAC8A #8ACE8A

split-complementary

#8AACCE #CE8A8A #CECE8A

monochromatic

#416F9C #5F8DBC #8AACCE #B5CBE0 #E0E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#8AACCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#8AACCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AACCE

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AACCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AACCE	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aacce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 172, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.062 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec4dd',
    500: '#8aacce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aacce;
$custom-light: #aec4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aacce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 40.964,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73132,
    "c": 0.06204,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AACCE

secondary

#E5DACF

accent

#7331B4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AACCE

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

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