#8AADD4#8AADD4

#8AADD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.069 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADD4
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 212)
HSL	hsl(212, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 35%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 18.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -2.45, -23.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 23.70, 264.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0218 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.069 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3048, 40.0421, 68.0379)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADD4 #D4B18A

analogous

#8AD2D4 #8AADD4 #8C8AD4

triadic

#8AADD4 #D48AAD #ADD48A

tetradic

#8AADD4 #D48AD2 #D4B18A #8AD48C

square

#8AADD4 #D48AD2 #D4B18A #8AD48C

split-complementary

#8AADD4 #D48C8A #D2D48A

monochromatic

#3D6FA6 #5D8EC4 #8AADD4 #B7CCE4 #E4ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8AADD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#8AADD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADD4

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADD4	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A6D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aadd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.069 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec5e1',
    500: '#8aadd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aadd4;
$custom-light: #aec5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aadd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.622,
    "s": 46.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73585,
    "c": 0.06856,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADD4

secondary

#E8DDD2

accent

#772CB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADD4

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

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