#8AADD6#8AADD6

#8AADD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.071 H 252.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADD6
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 214)
HSL	hsl(212, 48%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 36%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -1.93, -24.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 24.64, 265.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0211 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.071 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5586, 40.1436, 69.3748)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADD6 #D6B38A

analogous

#8AD3D6 #8AADD6 #8D8AD6

triadic

#8AADD6 #D68AAD #ADD68A

tetradic

#8AADD6 #D68AD3 #D6B38A #8AD68D

square

#8AADD6 #D68AD3 #D6B38A #8AD68D

split-complementary

#8AADD6 #D68D8A #D3D68A

monochromatic

#3C6EAA #5D8DC6 #8AADD6 #B7CDE6 #E5EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#8AADD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#8AADD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADD6

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADD6	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aadd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.071 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec5e2',
    500: '#8aadd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aadd6;
$custom-light: #aec5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aadd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.368,
    "s": 48.101,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73666,
    "c": 0.071,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADD6

secondary

#E9DFD3

accent

#782ABB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADD6

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

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