#8AADCC#8AADCC

#8AADCC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.059 H 245.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADCC
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 204)
HSL	hsl(208, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 15.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -4.49, -19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 20.11, 257.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0246 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.059 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3205, 39.6484, 62.8542)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADCC #CCA98A

analogous

#8ACCCA #8AADCC #8A8CCC

triadic

#8AADCC #CC8AAD #ADCC8A

tetradic

#8AADCC #CA8ACC #CCA98A #8CCC8A

square

#8AADCC #CA8ACC #CCA98A #8CCC8A

split-complementary

#8AADCC #CC8A8C #CCCA8A

monochromatic

#437099 #5F8FB9 #8AADCC #B5CBDF #DFE9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#8AADCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#8AADCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADCC

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADCC	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aadcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.059 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec5db',
    500: '#8aadcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aadcc;
$custom-light: #aec5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aadcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.182,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73271,
    "c": 0.05919,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADCC

secondary

#E3D8CE

accent

#6F33B2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADCC

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

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