#8AADBD#8AADBD

#8AADBD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.045 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADBD
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 189)
HSL	hsl(199, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 8.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -8.15, -12.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 14.56, 235.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0302 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.045 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6074, 38.9631, 53.8314)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADBD #BD9A8A

analogous

#8ABDB4 #8AADBD #8A94BD

triadic

#8AADBD #BD8AAD #ADBD8A

tetradic

#8AADBD #B48ABD #BD9A8A #94BD8A

square

#8AADBD #B48ABD #BD9A8A #94BD8A

split-complementary

#8AADBD #BD8A94 #BDB48A

monochromatic

#4A7183 #6392A7 #8AADBD #B1C8D3 #D8E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8AADBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#8AADBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADBD

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADBD	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AB2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aadbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.045 227.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aadbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.824,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72717,
    "c": 0.04464,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADBD

secondary

#DACEC9

accent

#5F3FA6

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADBD

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

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