#8AADC8#8AADC8

#8AADC8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.055 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADC8
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 200)
HSL	hsl(206, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(206, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 13.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -5.48, -17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 18.44, 252.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.026 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.055 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8470, 39.4590, 60.3599)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADC8 #C8A58A

analogous

#8AC8C4 #8AADC8 #8A8EC8

triadic

#8AADC8 #C88AAD #ADC88A

tetradic

#8AADC8 #C48AC8 #C8A58A #8EC88A

square

#8AADC8 #C48AC8 #C8A58A #8EC88A

split-complementary

#8AADC8 #C88A8E #C8C48A

monochromatic

#457193 #6090B4 #8AADC8 #B4CADC #DDE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8AADC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#8AADC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADC8

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADC8	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ACC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77B4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aadc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.055 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc5d8',
    500: '#8aadc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aadc8;
$custom-light: #adc5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aadc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.129,
    "s": 36.047,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73119,
    "c": 0.05482,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADC8

secondary

#E1D6CD

accent

#6B37AF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADC8

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

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