#8AADD8#8AADD8

#8AADD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.073 H 253.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AADD8
RGB	rgb(138, 173, 216)
HSL	hsl(213, 50%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(213, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 19.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -1.41, -25.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 25.59, 266.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0204 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.073 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8156, 40.2464, 70.7282)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AADD8 #D8B58A

analogous

#8AD4D8 #8AADD8 #8E8AD8

triadic

#8AADD8 #D88AAD #ADD88A

tetradic

#8AADD8 #D88AD4 #D8B58A #8AD88E

square

#8AADD8 #D88AD4 #D8B58A #8AD88E

split-complementary

#8AADD8 #D88E8A #D4D88A

monochromatic

#3A6EAE #5C8DC9 #8AADD8 #B8CDE7 #E6EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#8AADD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#8AADD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AADD8

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AADD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AADD8	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aadd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 173, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.073 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec5e4',
    500: '#8aadd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aadd8;
$custom-light: #aec5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aadd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.077,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73747,
    "c": 0.07349,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AADD8

secondary

#EAE0D4

accent

#7A28BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F5F8FB

border

#CFD1D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AADD8

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

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