#8AADBC#8AADBC

#8AADBC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.044 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADBC
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 188)
HSL	hsl(198, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -8.39, -11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 14.29, 234.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0305 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.044 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4992, 38.9199, 53.2617)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADBC #BC998A

analogous

#8ABCB2 #8AADBC #8A94BC

triadic

#8AADBC #BC8AAD #ADBC8A

tetradic

#8AADBC #B28ABC #BC998A #94BC8A

square

#8AADBC #B28ABC #BC998A #94BC8A

split-complementary

#8AADBC #BC8A94 #BCB28A

monochromatic

#4A7181 #6392A6 #8AADBC #B1C8D2 #D8E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8AADBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#8AADBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADBC

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADBC	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aadbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.044 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc5d0',
    500: '#8aadbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aadbc;
$custom-light: #adc5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aadbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72682,
    "c": 0.04389,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADBC

secondary

#DACDC8

accent

#5E40A6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADBC

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

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