#8AADCD#8AADCD

#8AADCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.060 H 246.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADCD
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 205)
HSL	hsl(209, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 15.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -4.23, -20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 20.54, 258.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.0242 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.06 246.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4409, 39.6965, 63.4879)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADCD #CDAA8A

analogous

#8ACDCC #8AADCD #8A8BCD

triadic

#8AADCD #CD8AAD #ADCD8A

tetradic

#8AADCD #CC8ACD #CDAA8A #8BCD8A

square

#8AADCD #CC8ACD #CDAA8A #8BCD8A

split-complementary

#8AADCD #CD8A8B #CDCC8A

monochromatic

#42709B #5F8FBB #8AADCD #B5CBDF #E0E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#8AADCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#8AADCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADCD

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADCD	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aadcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.060 246.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec5dc',
    500: '#8aadcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aadcd;
$custom-light: #aec5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aadcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.657,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73309,
    "c": 0.06031,
    "h": 246.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADCD

secondary

#E4D9CF

accent

#7032B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADCD

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

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