#8AADD5#8AADD5

#8AADD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.070 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADD5
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 213)
HSL	hsl(212, 47%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 18.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -2.19, -24.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 24.17, 264.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0214 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.07 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4313, 40.0927, 68.7043)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADD5 #D5B28A

analogous

#8AD3D5 #8AADD5 #8D8AD5

triadic

#8AADD5 #D58AAD #ADD58A

tetradic

#8AADD5 #D58AD3 #D5B28A #8AD58D

square

#8AADD5 #D58AD3 #D5B28A #8AD58D

split-complementary

#8AADD5 #D58D8A #D3D58A

monochromatic

#3C6FA8 #5D8DC5 #8AADD5 #B7CDE5 #E4ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8AADD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#8AADD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADD5

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADD5	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A6D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aadd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.070 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec5e2',
    500: '#8aadd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aadd5;
$custom-light: #aec5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aadd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73625,
    "c": 0.06978,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADD5

secondary

#E8DED2

accent

#782BBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADD5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →